Raya meaning | Last name Raya origin

Following is the meaning of Raya surname. Family name Raya is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Raya
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ethiopia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Raya

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

Raya is common in Ethiopia country(ies).

Raya is ranked 5636 in 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

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Raya

How popular is Raya?

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
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Comments :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.

Celebrities having Raya surname

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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