de La Rey Surname

281,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de La Rey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de La Rey Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,3661:39,6625,100
Australia411:658,43245,385
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
England111:5,065,278148,650
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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de La Rey (10) may also be a first name.

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de La Rey Demographics

Average de La Rey Salary in
South Africa

R 507,744

Per year
Rank:
17,197 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00692905
Rank: 1,696 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
213.66%
Sample size: 342 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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de La Rey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Rey Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de La Rey occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Rey? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 281,779th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,323,262 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of de La Rey are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. de La Rey is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name globally, borne by 10 people.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 1,366 people, or 1 in 39,662. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 51 percent reside, North West, where 11 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 3 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.

de La Rey Last Name Statistics demography

de La Rey earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 113.66% more than the national average, earning R 507,744 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de La Re9480/
de La Reyes905/
de La Rue89835/
de La Rie89607/
de La Rea89262/
de La Red89235/
de La Roy89171/
de La Ree8931/
de La Res8913/
de La-Rey8912/
de La Ray899/
de La Rez896/
de La Raya8422/
de La Ruye842/
de La Rrea841/
de Los Rey841/
de La Ra825/
de Los Reys804/
de La Rúa7831/
de La Roi7819/
de La Roa788/
de La Rou782/
de La Rùa781/
de La Rio781/
de Los Reyes7627,892/
de Los Reyez7617/
de La Roja7473/
de La Roij7422/
de La Ruiz749/
de La Raja741/
de La Ruíz741/
de La Raiz741/
de La Rojo741/
de La Rioja705/
de La Rojas701/
de La Roush701/
De-La-Rue679/
De-La-Rie675/
de Los Rayes675/
de Los Riyes671/
de Los Rio632/
de Los Ruiz601/
De-Los-Reyes5720/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 de La Rey
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