Rezayi

surname · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • AFAfghanistan≈1 in 2.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SESweden1 in 79K
  • NONorway1 in 114K

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.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈16,000 people, est.

Sources
21 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, 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.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rezayi 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 Rezayi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan#362≈16,000 est.≈1 in 2.4K—Rezayi14
IR Iran—≈520 est.≈1 in 164K—Rezayi21
SE Sweden—1291 in 79K129Rezayi8
TR Türkiye—≈120 est.≈1 in 711K—Rezayi6
NO Norway—481 in 114K48—3
CH Switzerland—441 in 191K44Rezayi1

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: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401960198020002020Zabihollah Rezaee, b. 1953Mohsen Rezaee, b. 1954Reza Rezaee, b. 1960Christophe Rezaei, b. 1966Habib Rezaei, b. 1970Rahman Rezaei, b. 1975Nima Rezaei, b. 1976Friba Razayee, b. 1985Alireza Rezaei, b. 1999Matin Rezaei, b. 2005
  • Zabihollah Rezaeeb. 1953IRnot in their usual nameIranian academic
  • Mohsen Rezaeeb. 1954IRnot in their usual nameIranian politician and senior military officer
  • Reza Rezaeeb. 1960NOnot in their usual nameNowegian politician (1960–2022)
  • Christophe Rezaeib. 1966FRnot in their usual nameFrench-Iranian composer
  • Habib Rezaeib. 1970IRnot in their usual nameIranian actor and producer
  • Rahman Rezaeib. 1975IRnot in their usual nameIranian football player and coach
  • Nima Rezaeib. 1976IRnot in their usual nameIranian scientist
  • Friba Razayeeb. 1985AFnot in their usual nameAfghan judoka
  • Alireza Rezaeib. 1999IRnot in their usual nameIranian footballer
  • Matin Rezaeib. 2005IRnot in their usual nameIranian Taekwondo athlete (born 2005)

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 6 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Rezayi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—129#5,901
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—48#26,888
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202444#20,543

Reference works 1

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)

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

In which country does Rezayi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Rezayi in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rezayi.
How common is the name Rezayi?
In Sweden, the national register counted 129 people named Rezayi, about 1 in 79 thousand residents.
How common is Rezayi compared with other names?
In Afghanistan, Rezayi is the 362nd most common surname of 11,723 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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rezayi” — the 362nd most common surname in Afghanistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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