Barajah Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Barajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 78 | 1:678,739 | 39,598 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Barajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Barajah (Oriya: ବାରଜଃ) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Barajah.
How Common Is The Last Name Barajah? popularity and diffusion
Barajah is the 1,775,494th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Barajah live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 678,739. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 96 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 17 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barajah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barajah in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାରଜଃ | barajah | - |
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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 Barajah
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