Rare Surname
Approximately 543 people bear this surname
Rare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 173 | 1:23,670 | 2,068 |
| Zimbabwe | 121 | 1:127,589 | 16,979 |
| India | 58 | 1:13,225,265 | 229,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Raré (2) are calculated separately.
Rare (929) may also be a first name.
Rare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rare Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rare (Georgian: რარე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺍﺭﻩ, Hindi: रारे, Russian: Раре) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Raré. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rare? popularity and diffusion
It is the 578,557th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 13,420,895 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Rare live; 34 percent live in West Africa and 32 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Rare is also the 265,401st most frequently held first name on earth, held by 929 people.
Rare is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 23,670. In Mauritania Rare is most frequent in: Assaba Region, where 31 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 21 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 16 percent live. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rare in the Georgian language | ||
| რარე | rare | - |
| Rare in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﺍﺭﻩ | rarh | 54 |
| ﺭﺍﺭ | rar | 38 |
| ﺍﻟﺮﺍﺭ | alrar | 6 |
| ﺭﺍﺭﺍﻩ | rarah | 2 |
| Rare in the Hindi language | ||
| रारे | rare | 50 |
| राड़े | rare | 25 |
| राृे | rare | 25 |
| Rare in the Russian language | ||
| Раре | rare | - |
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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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- 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 Rare
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