La Rey Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
La Rey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
La Rey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name La Rey Come From? nationality or country of origin
La Rey has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name La Rey? popularity and diffusion
La Rey is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of La Rey reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa La Rey is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 80 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found.
La Rey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of La Rey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the La Rey last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Re | 91 | 2 | / |
| La Rue | 83 | 1,030 | / |
| La Red | 83 | 80 | / |
| La Roy | 83 | 69 | / |
| La Roe | 83 | 26 | / |
| La Ray | 83 | 19 | / |
| Le Rey | 83 | 17 | / |
| La Rea | 83 | 11 | / |
| La Rie | 83 | 2 | / |
| La Rae | 83 | 2 | / |
| La Rooy | 77 | 64 | / |
| La Rowe | 77 | 24 | / |
| La Roue | 77 | 7 | / |
| La Raya | 77 | 4 | / |
| La Reux | 77 | 4 | / |
| La Roye | 77 | 2 | / |
| La Roya | 77 | 1 | / |
| La Rheu | 77 | 0 | / |
| lo Re | 73 | 4,315 | / |
| La Ra | 73 | 3 | / |
| Le Ry | 73 | 1 | / |
| lo Reyes | 71 | 3 | / |
| Le Roy | 67 | 15,696 | / |
| Le Ray | 67 | 2,885 | / |
| Le Ret | 67 | 319 | / |
| Los Reyes | 67 | 173 | / |
| Le Rue | 67 | 138 | / |
| La Roi | 67 | 105 | / |
| La Roa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Le Roe | 67 | 35 | / |
| La-Rue | 67 | 30 | / |
| La Rou | 67 | 20 | / |
| La Rio | 67 | 7 | / |
| La-Roy | 67 | 4 | / |
| lo Ray | 67 | 4 | / |
| La Rai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Le Ree | 67 | 2 | / |
| Los Reyos | 67 | 1 | / |
| lo Ree | 67 | 1 | / |
| La Rajaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| La Rouech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Le-Rey | 67 | 1 | / |
| La Rau | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 La Rey
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