Raya is used as a family name or surname in Ethiopia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Raya
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ethiopia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Raya

How popular is Raya?

Raya is common in Ethiopia.

Raya is ranked 5636 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Rayas grew by 27.82809 per cent to 7198 since 2000 and ranked 4894 after elevating 759 spots. The last name was found in around 24 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 90.05 87.12
White 6.78 9.45
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.85 1.47
Black 0.56 0.76
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.47 0.66
Others 0.29 0.53
Raya is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Nepal is ahead in terms of density. Around 97030 people have been found who wears Raya as their family name. Raya is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,113 Costa Rica5
46,707 New Zealand5
3,608 Maldives4
4,529 Mauritius3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
22,232 Morocco3
67,494 South Africa3
4,138 Bahrain3
1,985 Cambodia3
10,329 Pakistan3
3,014 Taiwan2
17,692 Armenia2
14,408 Uruguay2
20,837 Venezuela2
40,064 Nigeria2
2,449 Yemen2
23,858 Iran2
34,681 Norway2
31,767 Greece2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
28,083 Romania2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
9,185 Hong Kong2
10,284 Kuwait2
5,467 Haiti1
18,969 Wales1
17,236 Ghana1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
12,741 Ecuador1
49,101 Denmark1
2,877 Cuba1
2,211 Brunei1
10,958 Bangladesh1
20,172 Hungary1
38,063 Mauritania1
9,498 Iceland1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,895 South Korea1
13,447 Uganda1
36,678 Singapore1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
58,885 Poland1
9,591 Panama1
3,214 Niger1
16,073 Latvia1
6,212 Jamaica1
3,243 Suriname1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
21,712 Sweden44
37,591 Belgium37
18,843 Chile36
34,765 Zimbabwe35
49,393 Netherlands35
124,645 Ukraine30
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,861 Bulgaria93
2,902 Qatar88
40,037 Canada80
28,954 Australia80
72,056 Italy78
172,092 Russia56
1,794 Thailand56
Countries with hundreds of Raya:
8,308 Algeria803
3,248 Malaysia759
5,603 Saudi Arabia616
1,209 Lebanon586
1,871 Bolivia535
4,931 Peru527
2,204 Israel518
2,095 Jordan493
23,687 France416
13,348 Tanzania341
13,426 Kenya314
43,536 Germany235
4,463 United Arab Emirates222
2,286 Oman217
27,382 England172
6,898 Tunisia165
7,594 Colombia157
10,773 Switzerland108
Countries with thousands of Raya:
681 Spain8,080
2,587 Indonesia5,757
360 Nepal5,250
7,580 United States4,992
3,124 Philippines4,060
1,613 Iraq2,659
1,504 Syria2,352
3,657 Egypt2,043
8,793 Brazil1,574
4,091 Argentina1,254
Countries with ten thousands of Raya:
2,325 India23,869
920 Mexico15,913
947 Ethiopia11,161
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Anna Raya was 26 years old when she migrated to Brooklyn on May 6, 1897. She lived in Buffalo, Italy where she worked as dressmaker and took Italia from Naples.

Comments

M
Mallory Cheatam
raya is a southwestern surname, represents the dialect form of ray, from the old french raier, spring, stream, topographic name designating a place of flowing or a gushing stream, the domain name.

Raya Namesakes

  • S. Michael Rayappan, Indian Politician
  • Aarthi Rayapura, Screenwriter
  • Adel Abou Raya, Actor
  • Deva Raya, King
  • S. Michael Rayappan, Indian Politician
  • Tirumala Deva Raya, Aliya Rama Raya's brother
  • S. Michael Rayappan, Indian Politician
  • Mondher Rayahneh, Actor
  • Ani Raya-Flores, Actor
  • Axier Raya, Actor

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