Raiyaz Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Raiyaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 105 | 1:1,701,370 | 17,526 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Raiyaz (194) may also be a first name.
Raiyaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raiyaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Raiyaz (Hindi: रैयाज, Marathi: िरयाज) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raiyaz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,589,322nd most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Raiyaz are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 82 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Raiyaz is also the 651,944th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 194 people.
The last name is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 1,701,370. In Pakistan Raiyaz is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 59 percent live, Sindh, where 37 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raiyaz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raiyaz in the Marathi language | ||
| िरयाज | irayaja | 60 |
| रैयाज़ | raiyaza | 20 |
| रैयाज | raiyaja | 20 |
| Raiyaz in the Hindi language | ||
| रैयाज | raiyaja | 33.33 |
| रियाज़ | riyaza | 33.33 |
| रियाज | riyaja | 33.33 |
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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 Raiyaz
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