El Rey Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Austria

El Rey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El 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
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
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El Rey (66) may also be a first name.

El Rey Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Rey occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 2,394,033rd most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of El Rey reside; 63 percent reside in South America and 39 percent reside in Luso-South America. El Rey is also the 1,201,840th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 66 people.

The last name El Rey is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 8,562,973. In Brazil El Rey is most frequent in: Bahia, where 56 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 20 percent reside and São Paulo, where 12 percent reside. Besides Brazil it is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 13 percent reside and Colombia, where 8 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 Reyes863/
El Rei83104/
El Rez8321/
El-Rey835/
El Roy834/
El Ray832/
El Raie77339/
El Raay77123/
El Raiy77122/
El Rays7711/
El Rezz779/
El Rahy776/
El Resh774/
El Reed771/
El Read771/
El Rayes712,496/
El Rayah712,244/
El Raies719/
El Hrech714/
El Rayaa714/
El Rouhy714/
El Rayys712/
El Rajeh712/
El Rayat711/
El Rhess711/
El Riyah711/
El Rayss711/
El Rai672,125/
El Raa671,439/
El Rih67588/
El Rad67244/
El Hri67173/
El Rayess6745/
El Riz6718/
El Roi6715/
El Ris679/
El-Rez676/
El Rio675/
El-Roy674/
El Ras674/
El Raj674/
El Rii674/
El Hreich672/
El Hreish671/
El Roj671/
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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 Rey
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