Areej Surname
Approximately 7,232 people bear this surname
Areej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 4,160 | 1:6,352 | 872 |
| Syria | 713 | 1:27,070 | 1,843 |
| Iraq | 650 | 1:53,879 | 2,073 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Palestine | 408 | 1:11,149 | 2,160 |
| Jordan | 317 | 1:27,894 | 3,648 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Lebanon | 75 | 1:75,161 | 5,194 |
| Pakistan | 74 | 1:2,414,107 | 21,426 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Maldives | 12 | 1:33,681 | 1,888 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Areej (133,760) may also be a first name.
Areej Demographics
Areej Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Areej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Areej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Areej (Arabic: أريج) is most common in Yemen. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Areej? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 68,653rd most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,007,681 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Areej live; 92 percent live in West Asia and 62 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Areej is also the 7,787th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 133,760 people.
The last name Areej is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is carried by 4,160 people, or 1 in 6,352. In Yemen Areej is most prevalent in: Sa'dah Governorate, where 53 percent are found, 'Amran Governorate, where 23 percent are found and Dhamar Governorate, where 9 percent are found. Other than Yemen this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 10 percent are found and Iraq, where 9 percent are found.
Areej Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Druze (96%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Areej Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Areej in the Arabic language | ||
| أريج | aryj | - |
| اريج | aryj | - |
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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 Areej
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