Rayees Surname
Approximately 2,755 people bear this surname
Rayees Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,133 | 1:677,022 | 31,709 |
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| United Arab Emirates | 194 | 1:47,228 | 4,774 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Qatar | 81 | 1:29,111 | 3,031 |
| Pakistan | 67 | 1:2,666,327 | 22,731 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Rayees (14,886) may also be a first name.
Rayees Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rayees Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rayees (Hindi: रईस, Marathi: रयीस) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rayees? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 158,518th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,645,207 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Rayees live; 68 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Rayees is also the 46,630th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 14,886 people.
The surname Rayees is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 1,133 people, or 1 in 677,022. In India Rayees is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 45 percent are found, Kerala, where 32 percent are found and Bihar, where 5 percent are found. Excluding India this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 24 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rayees Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rayees in the Hindi language | ||
| रईस | ra'isa | - |
| Rayees in the Marathi language | ||
| रयीस | rayisa | 90 |
| रायीस | rayisa | 10 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Rayees
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