How rare is the last name Raya?

7,074 people in the United States have the last name Raya, about 1 in 42,253. It ranks #4,837 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 3 others.

last name

RAYA

#4,837

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,074
About
1 in 42,253
This common or more
58.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,074 people with the last name Raya, 89.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% as White and 2.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Raya

3 other last names also have 7,074 people.

#4,837 Heflin · 7,074#4,837 Mckeown · 7,074#4,837 Zamarripa · 7,074

Either side of Raya

#4,837 Heflin · 7,074#4,837 Mckeown · 7,074#4,837 Zamarripa · 7,074#4,841 Luster · 7,072

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Raya, most common first.

#219 Ray · 130,289#12,024 Rayo · 2,478#17,285 Raye · 1,601#18,805 Raia · 1,447#75,363 Raha · 276#94,713 Rawa · 207

Also a first name

As a first name, Raya ranks #4,328 of 53,615, with 4,367 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2023, with 867 births. See Raya as a first name

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