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
Biraj (Bengali: বিরাজ, Hindi: बिरज, Marathi: िबरज, Oriya: ବିରାଜ, Tibetan: བི་རཱཇ་) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Biraj? popularity and diffusion
The last name Biraj is the 328,558th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,454,868 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 widespread given name in the world. It is borne by 23,779 people.
This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 950 people, or 1 in 807,437. In India Biraj is most numerous in: Karnataka, where 63 percent are found, Madhya Pradesh, where 19 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 10 percent are found. Outside of India this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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 US average, with 80% being registered with 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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