Elrayah

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/əɫɹeɪə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • SDSudan≈1 in 7.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 378K
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 930K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sudan (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,400 people, est.

Sources
48 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Sudan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Elrayah 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 Elrayah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SD Sudan#510≈6,400 est.≈1 in 7.1K—Elrayah23
EG Egypt—≈76 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Elrayah9
SA Saudi Arabia—≈37 est.≈1 in 930K—Elrayah8
US United States—≈29 est.≈1 in 11MlistedElrayah48
AE United Arab Emirates—≈26 est.≈1 in 378K—Elrayah11
IE Ireland—≈2 est.≈1 in 3M—Elrayah5

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. 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)

Elrayah is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Sudan, Australia

    Also written El-Rayah

18 further groups 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalالسيد Elrayah المحترم،Dear Mr. Elrayah, (English)
Informalمرحباً Elrayah،Hi Elrayah, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Elrayah
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Elrayah?
A machine transcription gives /əɫɹeɪə/ (IPA) for Arabic.
In which country does Elrayah have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.4 thousand people named Elrayah in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elrayah.
How common is the name Elrayah?
Mondonomo estimates about 6,400 people in the Sudan have Elrayah as their first surname, about 1 in 7.1 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Elrayah compared with other names?
In the Sudan, Elrayah is the 510th most common surname of 11,073 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Elrayah” — the 510th most common surname in Sudan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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