Al Raja Surname
Approximately 624 people bear this surname
Al Raja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 486 | 1:39,714 | 2,357 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 1:43,686 | 5,304 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 1:563,708 | 13,499 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Palestine | 3 | 1:1,516,283 | 17,268 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Al Raja Demographics
Al Raja Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Raja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Raja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Al Raja is most common in Syria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Al Raja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Raja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 521,266th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,678,759 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Raja live; 95 percent live in West Asia and 80 percent live in Levant.
This last name is most commonly held in Syria, where it is held by 486 people, or 1 in 39,714. In Syria Al Raja is mostly found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 76 percent are found, Homs Governorate, where 24 percent are found and Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Besides Syria it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 14 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 percent are found.
Al Raja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Shiite (67%) in Lebanon.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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