Biraj Surname
Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname
Biraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 950 | 1:807,437 | 36,162 |
| Kosovo | 140 | 1:13,299 | 1,848 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Biraj (23,779) may also be a first name.
Biraj Demographics
Average Biraj Salary in
United States
$73,700 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Biraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Biraj (Bengali: বিরাজ, Hindi: बिरज, Marathi: िबरज, Oriya: ବିରାଜ, Tibetan: བི་རཱཇ་) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Biraj? popularity and diffusion
The last name Biraj is the 328,558th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,454,868 people. Biraj is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Biraj live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 33,259th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 23,779 people.
This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 950 people, or 1 in 807,437. In India Biraj is mostly found in: Karnataka, where 63 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 19 percent live and Maharashtra, where 10 percent live. Outside of India this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Biraj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Biraj last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.
Biraj earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 70.8% more than the national average, earning $73,700 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Biraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Biraj in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିରାଜ | biraja | 87.57 |
| ବିରଜ | biraja | 4.64 |
| ବିରାଯ | biraya | 3.06 |
| ବୀରାଜ | biraja | 1.84 |
| ବିରାଜ୍ | biraj | 0.44 |
| ବୀରଜ | biraja | 0.26 |
| ବିଜ | bija | 0.18 |
| ବିରଯ | biraya | 0.09 |
| ବିରଜା | biraja | 0.09 |
| ବିରାଜା | biraja | 0.09 |
| ବିରାଜି | biraji | 0.09 |
| ବିରିଜ | birija | 0.09 |
| ବୀରାଯ | biraya | 0.09 |
| Biraj in the Bengali language | ||
| বিরাজ | biraja | 85.06 |
| বিরজ | biraja | 9.13 |
| বীরাজ | biraja | 3.32 |
| বীরজ | biraja | 1.24 |
| Biraj in the Hindi language | ||
| बिरज | biraja | 51.04 |
| बीरज | biraja | 12.5 |
| बिराज | biraja | 11.63 |
| बिरजा | biraja | 8.33 |
| बि्रज | biraja | 7.29 |
| ब्रज | braja | 3.13 |
| बीराज | biraja | 2.08 |
| विराज | viraja | 0.35 |
| बीरजा | biraja | 0.35 |
| बिृज | birja | 0.17 |
| Biraj in the Tibetan language | ||
| བི་རཱཇ་ | biraja | 50 |
| བིར་རཇ་ | birraja | 25 |
| བི་རཇ་ | biraja | 25 |
| Biraj in the Marathi language | ||
| िबरज | ibaraja | 49.27 |
| िबराज | ibaraja | 41.06 |
| बीरज | biraja | 4.56 |
| बीराज | biraja | 2.19 |
| ीराम | irama | 0.18 |
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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 Biraj
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