Raehs Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Raehs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 25 | 1:96,376 | 8,697 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Raehs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raehs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Raehs is most common in Namibia. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Raehs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raehs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Raehs is the 3,665,662nd most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Raehs are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Namibia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 96,376. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Khomas Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Namibia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 10 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Raehs
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