Araj Surname
Approximately 3,535 people bear this surname
Araj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,833 | 1:418,475 | 21,955 |
| Iran | 625 | 1:122,852 | 11,397 |
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United States | 228 | 1:1,589,732 | 106,920 |
| Palestine | 105 | 1:43,322 | 4,780 |
| Poland | 81 | 1:469,244 | 47,315 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Turkey | 16 | 1:4,863,839 | 107,230 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
Araj (2,019) may also be a first name.
Araj Demographics
Average Araj Salary in
United States
$56,994 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Araj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Araj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Araj (Arabic: اراج, Bengali: আরজ, Hindi: अरज, Marathi: आरज, Oriya: ଅରଜ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Araj? popularity and diffusion
Araj is the 128,268th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,061,541 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Araj are found; 70 percent are found in South Asia and 52 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Araj is also the 168,128th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 2,019 people.
Araj is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 1,833 people, or 1 in 418,475. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 82 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 12 percent live and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, where 2 percent live. Apart from India this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 18 percent live and Morocco, where 11 percent live.
Araj Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Araj last name are 9.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.16% registered with the political party.
The amount Araj earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 32.09% more than the national average, earning $56,994 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.35% more than the national average, earning $63,770 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Araj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Araj in the Bengali language | ||
| আরজ | araja | 80 |
| এরাজ | eraja | 20 |
| Araj in the Marathi language | ||
| आरज | araja | 79.8 |
| अरज | araja | 17.51 |
| अराज | araja | 1.41 |
| आराज | araja | 0.62 |
| राज | raja | 0.18 |
| राजा | raja | 0.13 |
| आरजू | araju | 0.09 |
| अरजा | araja | 0.04 |
| Araj in the Hindi language | ||
| अरज | araja | 78.99 |
| अराज | araja | 7.56 |
| आरज | araja | 6.3 |
| आराज | araja | 4.2 |
| ाराज | araja | 0.84 |
| ारज | araja | 0.42 |
| एराज | eraja | 0.42 |
| Araj in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅରଜ | araja | 64.71 |
| ଆରଜ | araja | 14.71 |
| ଅରଯ | araya | 8.82 |
| ଆରାଜ | araja | 5.88 |
| ରାଜ | raja | 2.94 |
| ଅଜର୍ | ajar | 2.94 |
| Araj in the Arabic language | ||
| اراج | araj | - |
| أعرج | arj | - |
| عارج | arj | - |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Araj
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