El-Rayah Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Sudan

El-Rayah Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Rayah 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
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El-Rayah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Rayah Come From? nationality or country of origin

El-Rayah occurs more in Sudan more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of El-Rayah.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Rayah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of El-Rayah are found; 67 percent are found in North Africa and 67 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Sudan, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 9,377,549. Not including Sudan it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.

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
El Rayah882,244/
El-Raay804/
El-Rayes751,374/
El Rayaa754/
El-Rayss751/
El Riyah751/
El Rayat751/
El Hrayashh744/
El Raa711,439/
El-Rayess7127/
El-Rai719/
El-Rey715/
El-Rayees714/
El-Roy714/
El-Rayiss712/
El Ray712/
El Raay67123/
El Raiy67122/
El-Rais6736/
El Raja6712/
El Rays6711/
El Rauh679/
El Rahy676/
El-Rouh674/
El Raai674/
El-Rohy671/
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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 El-Rayah
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