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The Raina surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 641 people carried this name — #35,147 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 70% from 377 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Raina surname

This surname is mostly found in Kashmir. Borrowed also from Italian Raina.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Raina» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 173 people named Raina live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 113
City of Buenos Aires 26
Mendoza 23
Río Negro 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Raina.

31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 31
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 22
Alpes-Maritimes 13
Bouches-du-Rhône 9
Paris 6
Landes 6
Hautes-Alpes 5
Vaucluse 3
French Polynesia 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

297 people named Raina is counted in Finland.

Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 297

Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Raina,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Aarne Raina 1932–1983 · physician
  • Peter Raina 1935– · writer
  • Peter Raina 1935– · writer
  • Barbara Wereszczyńska-Raina 1942–1982 · translator
  • Ramesh Raina 1961– · researcher
  • Robin Raina 1967– · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Raina.

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