Rayapen Surname

823,466th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Rayapen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rayapen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius3071:4,213832
France111:6,038,429280,838
England81:6,964,757184,742
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Rayapen Last Name Facts

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

Rayapen is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rayapen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 823,466th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name Rayapen is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Rayapen are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.

The surname Rayapen is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 4,213. In Mauritius it is mostly concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 59 percent reside, Flacq District, where 25 percent reside and Rivière du Rempart District, where 14 percent reside. Besides Mauritius it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rayappen9364/
Raypen921/
Rayappaen881/
Rayapin86259/
Royapen8657/
Rayepen8641/
Rajapen862/
Royappen80144/
Rajappen8043/
Rayappin801/
Raipen7716/
Roypen7713/
Riyapn771/
Rajapn771/
Royepen712/
Rehapen711/
Rayepin711/
Royeppen67256/
Raupienė6781/
Rajpn671/

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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 Rayapen
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