Rukkaya Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Rukkaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 264 | 1:670,995 | 31,276 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Rukkaya (6,133) may also be a first name.
Rukkaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rukkaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rukkaya (Hindi: रूक्कया, Marathi: रुकया) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rukkaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 968,490th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Rukkaya are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rukkaya is also the 84,478th most commonly used given name worldwide, held by 6,133 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 670,995. In Nigeria Rukkaya is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 47 percent are found, Sokoto, where 36 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rukkaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rukkaya in the Hindi language | ||
| रूक्कया | rukkaya | 65.66 |
| रुक्कया | rukkaya | 20.2 |
| रूककया | rukakaya | 5.05 |
| रूकय्या | rukayya | 4.04 |
| रूकैय्या | rukaiyya | 2.02 |
| रूक्कैय्या | rukkaiyya | 1.01 |
| रूक्कैया | rukkaiya | 1.01 |
| रुककया | rukakaya | 1.01 |
| Rukkaya in the Marathi language | ||
| रुकया | rukaya | 30.77 |
| रुाया | ruaya | 30.77 |
| रुक्क्या | rukkya | 7.69 |
| रुकैयया | rukaiyaya | 7.69 |
| रूाया | ruaya | 7.69 |
| रुकयाबानो | rukayabano | 7.69 |
| रूकेया | rukeya | 7.69 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rukkaya
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