Raşid Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Raşid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
The alternate forms: Rasid (88,325) & Rašid (16) are calculated separately.
Raşid (9,395) may also be a first name.
Raşid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raşid Come From? nationality or country of origin
Raşid has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can also be rendered as a variant: Rasid or Rašid. Click here for other potential spellings of Raşid.
How Common Is The Last Name Raşid? popularity and diffusion
The surname Raşid is the 4,649,889th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Raşid live; 72 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 63,896th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 9,395 people.
The surname Raşid is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 8,646,825. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Ankara Province, where 44 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 33 percent live and Duzce Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Turkey this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Azerbaijan, where 22 percent live and Romania, where 22 percent live.
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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 Raşid
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