El Rayah Surname

188,427th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Sudan

El Rayah Surname

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
Sudan2,2401:16,7462,298
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
England11:55,718,059489,080
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Rayah (88) may also be a first name.

El Rayah Last Name Facts

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

El Rayah has its highest incidence in Sudan. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of El Rayah click here.

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

This last name is the 188,427th most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,247,569 people. El Rayah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Rayah reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 100 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. El Rayah is also the 1,017,994th most frequent first name globally It is held by 88 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Sudan, where it is borne by 2,240 people, or 1 in 16,746. Barring Sudan El Rayah is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 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-Rayah886/
El Rayaa884/
El Riyah881/
El Rayat881/
El Raa861,439/
El Ray862/
El Hrayashh844/
El Raay80123/
El Raiy80122/
El Raja8012/
El Rays8011/
El Rauh809/
El Rahy806/
El Raai804/
El Rayes752,496/
El Rajih75122/
El Rayys752/
El Rajeh752/
El Rahaj751/
El Rayss751/
El Raihi751/
El Rai712,125/
El Rey7164/
El Rayess7145/
El Raj714/
El Roy714/
El Rhaiat711/
El Rais67368/
El Raie67339/
El Raid67244/
El Rouh67184/
El Raji67153/
El Hraiech6710/
El-Raay674/
El Read671/
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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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