Raleigh Forename

78,066th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 6,933 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Raleigh Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller at] the roe meadow.

Raleigh Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
88%
 
6,3481:57,1103,059
Philippines
92%
 
1891:560,89718,073
Nigeria
76%
 
711:2,500,90646,525
Canada
100%
551:602,42514,758
South Africa
94%
 
321:1,704,14553,740
England
100%
301:1,853,43124,408
Jamaica-271:106,7864,444
Grenada
100%
181:6,007933
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
131:8,5831,271
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
121:113,4527,514
Brazil
100%
91:23,804,017218,524
Lebanon
57%
 
91:625,2867,004
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Papua New Guinea
100%
71:1,164,61679,875
Israel
 
75%
71:1,200,41715,461
Liberia
100%
61:735,34418,173
Venezuela
100%
61:5,033,64967,876
Australia-61:2,276,27019,652
India
100%
61:202,479,6622,100,642
Scotland
100%
51:1,070,07310,235
Thailand
67%
 
51:14,013,163173,193
China-51:273,211,15675,889
Bahamas-51:79,8741,458
Guyana-41:190,81611,826
Micronesia-41:26,625714
Mexico
100%
31:41,381,47674,307
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
Dominica-31:25,157718
Pakistan-21:97,178,840228,758
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
Belize
100%
21:177,1545,935
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Jordan
80%
 
11:8,826,77411,126
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Montserrat-11:4,876752
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Palestine-11:4,550,0585,739
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241

Raleigh (7,020) may also be a surname.

Raleigh Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller at] the roe meadow.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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