Raúl Surname
Approximately 5,839 people bear this surname
Raúl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 5,719 | 1:4,719 | 676 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
The alternate forms: Raül (2), Răul (4) & Rául (1) are calculated separately.
Raúl (24,150) may also be a first name.
Raúl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raúl Come From? nationality or country of origin
Raúl has its highest incidence in Angola. It can appear in the variant forms: Raül, Răul or Rául. Click here for other potential spellings of Raúl.
How Common Is The Last Name Raúl? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 82,922nd most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,248,081 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Raúl reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Raúl is also the 32,864th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 24,150 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Angola, where it is carried by 5,719 people, or 1 in 4,719. Outside of Angola this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 1 percent reside and Mexico, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Raúl
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