Basraj Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Basraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guyana | 40 | 1:19,056 | 2,431 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 39 | 1:34,974 | 3,476 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Pakistan | 23 | 1:7,767,125 | 41,967 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Basraj (2,655) may also be a first name.
Basraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Basraj (Hindi: बसराज, Marathi: बसराज) is borne by more people in Guyana than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Basraj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,527,735th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Basraj are found; 40 percent are found in South Asia and 29 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America. Basraj is also the 142,424th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 2,655 people.
It is most prevalent in Guyana, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 19,056. In Guyana Basraj is most frequent in: Demerara-Mahaica, where 53 percent are found, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, where 45 percent are found and East Berbice-Corentyne, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Guyana it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Trinidad and Tobago, where 29 percent are found and India, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basraj in the Hindi language | ||
| बसराज | basaraja | - |
| Basraj in the Marathi language | ||
| बसराज | basaraja | 93.11 |
| बसरज | basaraja | 2.35 |
| बासराज | basaraja | 1.34 |
| बासरज | basaraja | 1.09 |
| बसराव | basarava | 0.25 |
| बसली | basali | 0.08 |
| बसाराज | basaraja | 0.08 |
| आसाराम | asarama | 0.08 |
| बसरान | basarana | 0.08 |
| बशाराज | basaraja | 0.08 |
| वराज | varaja | 0.08 |
| बलराज | balaraja | 0.08 |
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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 Basraj
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