Family name Гарайев (Garayev 
, Гарайев ) , around the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The family name Гарайев is habitual in Azerbaijan, where it is quite a common surname, Turkmenistan, where it is quite a rare surname, and Russia, where it is a very rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Indonesia.