Railey Surname
Approximately 4,124 people bear this surname
Railey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,010 | 1:120,418 | 12,884 |
| Liberia | 905 | 1:4,871 | 595 |
| New Zealand | 54 | 1:83,858 | 11,975 |
| Australia | 45 | 1:599,904 | 42,958 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Costa Rica | 12 | 1:398,339 | 3,755 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:130,701 | 5,289 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 558 | 1:89,998 | 9,285 |
Railey (265) may also be a first name.
Railey Demographics
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Railey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Railey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Railey is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Railey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 112,373rd most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,767,106 people. Railey is mostly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Railey reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Railey is also the 546,451st most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 265 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3,010 people, or 1 in 120,418. In The United States it is most common in: Georgia, where 13 percent are found, Texas, where 10 percent are found and Maryland, where 9 percent are found. Besides The United States it exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 22 percent are found and New Zealand, where 1 percent are found.
Railey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Railey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Railey surname grew 539 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 12 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Railey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Railey last name are 18.74% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.51% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Railey earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 4.68% less than the national average, earning $41,130 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.26% more than the national average, earning $61,738 CAD per year.
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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 Railey
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