Raia

Raia

1. alternative form of Raja (“skate genus”)

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

Raia (plural Raias)

1. A surname.
   • 2025 January 2, Hanna Park, John Miller, Haley Britzky and Eric Levenson, “Man who rented Tesla Cybertruck that exploded at Trump hotel in Las Vegas was an active-duty Army Green Beret, officials say”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “At this point, there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas,” FBI deputy assistant director Christopher Raia said Thursday.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Raia is the 17927^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1559 individuals. Raia is most common among White (94.61%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Raia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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