Raynor Surname
Approximately 16,099 people bear this surname
Raynor Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Reyner' (v. Yonge). In Domesday Raynar, a common font-name in the 13th and 14th centuries, especially in Yorkshire and on the East Coast generally.
Reyner le Blake, Norfolk, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameRaynor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,811 | 1:33,527 | 4,191 |
| England | 3,047 | 1:18,286 | 2,614 |
| Australia | 673 | 1:40,112 | 5,183 |
| Canada | 403 | 1:91,428 | 10,026 |
| Jamaica | 359 | 1:7,994 | 925 |
| Bermuda | 206 | 1:317 | 32 |
| South Africa | 82 | 1:660,704 | 48,422 |
| New Zealand | 71 | 1:63,779 | 9,777 |
| Wales | 56 | 1:55,260 | 5,065 |
| Thailand | 49 | 1:1,441,599 | 197,614 |
| Scotland | 43 | 1:124,507 | 7,876 |
| Ireland | 42 | 1:112,118 | 5,755 |
| Netherlands | 30 | 1:562,906 | 50,501 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Micronesia | 24 | 1:4,427 | 583 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 20 | 1:221,493 | 10,092 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,064 | 1:11,810 | 1,800 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,988 | 1:25,261 | 3,121 |
Raynor (1,315) may also be a first name.
Raynor Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Reyner' (v. Yonge). In Domesday Raynar, a common font-name in the 13th and 14th centuries, especially in Yorkshire and on the East Coast generally.
Reyner le Blake, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Reyner distance, Norfolk, ibid.
Reyner Piggesflessh, Close Rolls, 13 Edward II.
Reyner, son of Reyner Fleming, temp. Edward II: Visitation of Yorks, 1563.
Anabilla Rayner, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Rayner, 1379: ibid.
1601. Edward Reyner, or Reinar, Yorkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1740. Married — John Rayner and Priscilla Elliot: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(Teutonic) Mighty or Godlike Army [Old Norse Ragnar = O.L.Ger. Reginheri = Anglo-Saxon Regenhere [v. under Rainbird, and + Old Norse -ar for -har, herr = Old English here = O.H.Ger. O.L.Ger. heri = Gothic harji-s, army] Regenhere (d. a.d. 617) was the name of a son of Rædwald, king of East Anglia.
Rainer-us is the common Domesday formerly Reyner and Rayner are 13th and 14th cent. forms.
See Raines.
(English) Descendant of Rayner (counsel, army).
An old personal name. Raynerus occurs as a Herefordshire tenant in capite in Domesday. Reyner and Fil' Reyner. H.R.
(Danish.) Raner, a leader of the Danes, who invaded Britain; a pirate, a robber, a term given to a warrior.
The Rayners have characterised the East Anglian and adjacent counties for 600 years and more. At present they are to be found in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Notts. In the 13th century the name occurred in the form of Reyner, and occasionally of Rayner, in Essex, Norfolk, Hunts, Lincolnshire, and also Oxfordshire (H. R.). The Halstead district is their present home in Essex. John Rayner held 50 acres of land in Stanway in the middle of last century (M.). John Rayner was mayor of Colchester in 1678 (C.). Several of the Norfolk clerics bore this name in the 14th and 15th centuries; Walter Rayner was a member of the Common Council of Norwich in 1687: Richard Rayner lived in Hevingham in the same county in the reign of Elizabeth (Blomefield's "Norfolk").
Raynor Demographics
Average Raynor Salary in
United States
$42,668 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Raynor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raynor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Raynor (Marathi: रेनॉर, Russian: Райнор) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raynor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 32,980th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 452,671 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Raynor reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 62 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Raynor is also the 216,782nd most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 1,315 people.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 10,811 people, or 1 in 33,527. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 31 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 58 countries. It is also common in England, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.
Raynor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Raynor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Raynor last name increased 544 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 148 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 509 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 391 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 210 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Raynor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Raynor surname is principally Catholic (58%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Raynor surname are 0.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.28% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Raynor earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 32.12% more than the national average, earning R 313,968 per year; in United States they earn 1.11% less than the national average, earning $42,668 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.78% more than the national average, earning $51,062 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raynor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raynor in the Marathi language | ||
| रेनॉर | renora | 66.67 |
| रयनोर | rayanora | 33.33 |
| Raynor in the Russian language | ||
| Райнор | rajnor | - |
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