# Raia (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/raia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,559 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,927 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 198,041 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.0% (1,457 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Sicilian surname, from raia (“smilax”) and raja (“ray”), both from Latin raia. As an Arabic surname, from راية (rāya, “flag”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Raia in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Raia in Brazil.

## People named Raia

- Cláudia Raia, Brazilian actress

## Similar surnames

Rai, Ra, Raya, Riha, Ray, Rowe, Roy, Roe, Rea, Rao, Rau, Rey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.