El Rai Surname

197,103rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Rai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Rai 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
Egypt1,4641:62,7985,897
Yemen2571:102,8226,174
Syria2081:92,7933,289
United Arab Emirates1191:76,9947,015
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Jordan181:491,24612,976
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Palestine21:2,274,42417,661
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
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El Rai (330) may also be a first name.

El Rai Last Name Facts

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

El Rai (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﺍﻋﻲ) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name El Rai is the 197,103rd most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,429,433 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of El Rai are found; 69 percent are found in North Africa and 69 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. El Rai is also the 482,193rd most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 330 people.

El Rai is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,464 people, or 1 in 62,798. Other than Egypt this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 12 percent reside and Syria, where 10 percent reside.

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 Rais92368/
El Raie92339/
El Raid92244/
El Raji92153/
El Raiy92122/
El Raai924/
El Rajih86122/
El Raies869/
El Raiss861/
El Raihi861/
El Rhait861/
El Raa831,439/
El Rih83588/
El Rad83244/
El Hri83173/
El Rei83104/
El Riz8318/
El Roi8315/
El-Rai839/
El Ris839/
El Rio835/
El Ras834/
El Raj834/
El Rii834/
El Ray832/
El Rhaiat801/
El Rhaz77565/
El Raad77156/
El Raay77123/
El Rish77122/
El-Rais7736/
El Raja7712/
El Rass7711/
El Rays7711/
El Rauh779/
El Rahy776/
El Radh774/
El Rasp772/
El Roji771/
El Hraz771/
El Read771/
El Rahh771/
El Rizz771/
El Hraiech7510/
El Rayes712,496/
El Rayah712,244/
El-Raies719/
El Rayaa714/
El Rajeh712/
El Rayys712/
El Rahaj711/
El Rahad711/
El Rahas711/
El Rhiss711/
El Rouha711/
El Riyah711/
El-Ra'ie711/
El Rayss711/
El Rayat711/
El Rey6764/
El Rayess6745/
El Rez6721/
El-Ras675/
El Roy674/
El-Riz672/
El-Rayiss672/
El Hreich672/
El Hreish671/
El Roj671/
El Hrrich671/
El Rashsh671/
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El Rai Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Rai in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺮﺍﻋﻲalray-

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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 Rai
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