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 more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur 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 prevalent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname La Rey occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of La Rey are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 80 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs 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 number of people who held the La Rey surname 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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