Rahi
surname · Latin script
Meaning: at ease; comfortable,
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Rahi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
- INIndia1 in 3.5M
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 32K
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.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 105 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
at ease; comfortable,
Sources 1
- Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rahi 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #919 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Rahi | 36 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 32K | listed | — | — |
| CN China | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Rahi | 4 |
| IN India | — | 382 | 1 in 3.5M | 382 | Rahi | 105 |
| IQ Iraq | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 115K | — | Rahi | 1 |
| FI Finland | — | 76 | 1 in 73K | 76 | — | 1 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 48 | 1 in 71K | 48 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 39K | listed | — | 2 |
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; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Rahi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In wiv, windy dry season (southeastern winds, sea is rough)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Finnish, footstool, stool, ottoman, pouf, hassock, tumpty
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Māori, to be big, many, plentiful, numerous
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kaw, forehead, face
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In urj-fin-pro, bench, stool
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ahmad Rahib. 1923INPunjabi poet (1923-2002)
- Sultan Rahib. 1938PKPakistani actor (1938–1996)
- Haidar SultanPKnot in their usual namePakistani film actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 42 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 382 | #11,272 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 237 | #2,048 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 76 | #15,908 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 48 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 31 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- What does the name Rahi mean, and where does it come from?
- at ease; comfortable, Recorded by Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman.
- In which country does Rahi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Rahi in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rahi.
- How common is the name Rahi?
- In India, the national register counted 382 people named Rahi, about 1 in 3.5 million residents.
- How common is Rahi compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Rahi is the 919th most common surname of 51,489 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, “Rahi” — the 919th most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.