Raiees Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Raiees Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 155 | 1:207,440 | 3,864 |
| Pakistan | 77 | 1:2,320,050 | 20,958 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Raiees (261) may also be a first name.
Raiees Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raiees Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Raiees (Hindi: रईस, Marathi: रईस) is more commonly found in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Raiees click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raiees? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,006,539th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Raiees are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 550,922nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 261 people.
The last name Raiees is most frequently used in Afghanistan, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 207,440. In Afghanistan Raiees is primarily concentrated in: Khost, where 47 percent are found, Paktia, where 47 percent are found and Nangarhar, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Afghanistan Raiees exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 30 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raiees Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raiees in the Hindi language | ||
| रईस | ra'isa | 93.33 |
| रर्इस | rar'isa | 6.67 |
| Raiees in the Marathi language | ||
| रईस | ra'isa | 75 |
| रइस | ra'isa | 25 |
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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 Raiees
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