Rayiss Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Rayiss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Rayiss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rayiss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rayiss (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﺍﻳﺲ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rayiss? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Rayiss are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania Rayiss is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 60 percent are found, Adrar Region, where 13 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent are found. Beside Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rayiss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rayiss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺮﺍﻳﺲ | alrays | - |
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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 Rayiss
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