Rayya Surname
Approximately 892 people bear this surname
Rayya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| India | 230 | 1:3,335,067 | 96,460 |
| Nigeria | 82 | 1:2,160,278 | 74,262 |
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Syria | 7 | 1:2,757,289 | 11,022 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1:101,043 | 3,565 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Rayya (5,567) may also be a first name.
Rayya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rayya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rayya (Hindi: रय्या, Russian: Райя) is found most in Egypt. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rayya.
How Common Is The Last Name Rayya? popularity and diffusion
Rayya is the 395,536th most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,169,895 people. The last name Rayya is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Rayya live; 51 percent live in North Africa and 51 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 89,835th most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 5,567 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Not including Egypt it occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rayya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rayya in the Hindi language | ||
| रय्या | rayya | - |
| Rayya in the Russian language | ||
| Райя | raja | - |
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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 Rayya
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