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 occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name La Rey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of La Rey live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name La Rey is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa La Rey is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 80 percent reside. Besides South Africa La Rey exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent reside.
La Rey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of La Rey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 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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