Raai

surname · Latin script

Meaning: guardian, custodian, patron, protector; fem

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

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

rarermore common
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 9.9M(inferred from the name graph)
  • INIndia1 in 102M

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.

India (measured from records)

13 people

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 9.9M (inferred from the name graph)

Morocco, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

guardian, custodian, patron, protector; fem. of Raai‘

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Raai 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 Raai is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India131 in 102M13—1
MA Morocco≈4 est.≈1 in 9.9M—Raai8
SY Syria———Raai11
TR Türkiye———Raai4
EG Egypt———Raai6
AE United Arab Emirates———Raai12
IQ Iraq———Raai4

13 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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)

Raai is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Rai, ਰਾਇ

  • Malay surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, India

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written Ra'Ai

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Ráái, Raaí

31 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Raai is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In tft, to guard carefully

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Afrikaans, to guess

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

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

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Raai
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—389#2,075
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—208#2,085
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—198#1,028
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—188#283
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—179#651
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—121#1,224
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—47#560
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—24#56,489
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—13#104,270
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—12#19,466
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—9#5,231
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—8#28,232

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

Where does the name Raai come from?
guardian, custodian, patron, protector; fem. of Raai‘ Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
How do you pronounce Raai?
A machine transcription gives /ɹəaɪ/ (IPA) for Arabic.
What does the name Raai mean?
Recorded meaning: guardian, custodian, patron, protector; fem.
In which country does Raai have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 13 people named Raai, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Raai?
In India, the national register counted 13 people named Raai, about 1 in 102 million 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, “Raai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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