El Raey Surname

17,461st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Raey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Raey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen21,2861:1,241180
Lebanon4,3351:1,300237
Jordan2,9251:3,023604
Palestine1,3501:3,370738
Syria1,2951:14,9041,178
United Arab Emirates2791:32,8403,537
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Oman171:216,9393,845
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Raey (10) may also be a first name.

El Raey Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Raey is found in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name El Raey? popularity and diffusion

The surname El Raey is the 17,461st most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 229,609 people. The last name El Raey is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Raey are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 68 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. El Raey is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 10 people.

El Raey is most frequent in Yemen, where it is carried by 21,286 people, or 1 in 1,241. In Yemen it is primarily concentrated in: Dhamar Governorate, where 24 percent reside, Ibb Governorate, where 18 percent reside and Taiz Governorate, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Yemen it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 14 percent reside and Jordan, where 9 percent reside.

El Raey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Maronite (59%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Rawey931/
El Raaey931/
El Raie86339/
El Raei86122/
El-Raey86122/
El Raee862/
El Rayaa804/
El Raeea804/
El Rayyes756/
El Rayies751/
El Rayeaa751/
El Rajhee751/
El Raua712,014/
El Rahi7133/
El Hraîech711/
El Roua711/
El Rajhi67488/
El Raouî674/
El Rouhy674/
El-Ra'ie671/
El Rajji671/
El Raous671/
El Hreiji63465/
El-Rayyes6318/
El-Rahi5718/
El Rouj574/
El-Rahit53190/

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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 Raey
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