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
Biraj Political Affiliation
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Biraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Biraj (Bengali: বিরাজ, Hindi: बिरज, Marathi: िबरज, Oriya: ବିରାଜ, Tibetan: བི་རཱཇ་) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Biraj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 328,558th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 6,454,868 people. The last name Biraj occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Biraj reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 84 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 33,259th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 23,779 people.
It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 950 people, or 1 in 807,437. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Karnataka, where 63 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 19 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 10 percent reside. Apart from India this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Kosovo, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Biraj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Biraj surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the 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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