Daraï

surname · Latin script

Daraï is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NPNepal1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
  • HUHungary≈1 in 63K
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 99K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nepal (measured from records)

18,695 people, 2021

Sources
88 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Nepal

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Darai in NP Nepal, FR France, HU Hungary and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Daraï counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Daraï is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NP Nepal18,6951 in 1.6K19KDarai23
MA Morocco≈360 est.≈1 in 99K—Darai5
HU Hungary≈150 est.≈1 in 63K—Darai28
MY Malaysia≈120 est.≈1 in 264K—Darai4
FR France≈110 est.≈1 in 648K18Darai88

18,695 people counted by NPHC 2021 — Population by caste/ethnicity group (national), surname-shaped categories only, 2021. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: NPHC 2021 — Population by caste/ethnicity group (national), surname-shaped categories only; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Daraï is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Malaysia, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Darai

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Spain, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Darai, Daraí

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Daraï under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Daraï have the most bearers?
In Nepal, the national register counted about 19 thousand people named Daraï, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled darai.
Where is Daraï most common?
Daraï is densest in Nepal, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Daraï?
In Nepal, the national register counted 18,695 people named Daraï in 2021, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Daraï”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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