Arayah Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Arayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 32 | 1:142,152 | 8,076 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Arayah (89) may also be a first name.
Arayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arayah is found in Palestine more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Arayah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arayah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Arayah are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 76 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequently used given name on earth. It is borne by 89 people.
The last name Arayah is most frequently occurring in Palestine, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 142,152. In Palestine it is most common in: Nablus Governorate, where 47 percent reside, Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 22 percent reside and Deir al-Balah Governorate, where 19 percent reside. Beside Palestine this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 10 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Arayah
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