Raheed Surname

310,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Raheed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raheed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7021:252,34014,566
Pakistan4481:398,7597,531
India481:15,980,529256,885
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Raheed (926) may also be a first name.

Raheed Last Name Facts

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

The last name Raheed (Hindi: रहीद, Marathi: राहीद) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Raheed? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 310,758th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,012,827 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Raheed reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 265,988th most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 926 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 702 people, or 1 in 252,340. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 35 percent live, Lagos, where 24 percent live and Ogun, where 12 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 37 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Raheed Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Raheed surname is primarily Muslim (87%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raeheed9212/
Rahheed921/
Raeed9142/
Raohieed861/
Roheed838/
Raheet834/
Raheid834/
Reheed833/
Raeedh832/
Rzaeed831/
Raaeed831/
Rhaeed831/
Raeid7312/
Roeed7310/
Raeet732/
Raheeeet711/
Rhaeet679/
Reayed675/
Roheet672/
Rzaeet671/
Roeedh671/
Roehead6211/
Reuid55122/
Reuet5579/
Raeit551/
Roheit502/
Reueut501/
Raeist500/
Reuett500/

Raheed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Raheed in the Marathi language
राहीदrahida-
Raheed in the Hindi language
रहीदrahida50
राहिदrahida33.33
राहीदrahida16.67

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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 Raheed
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