Caraja Surname
Approximately 646 people bear this surname
Caraja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 414 | 1:8,602 | 1,422 |
| India | 164 | 1:4,677,228 | 120,006 |
| Brazil | 59 | 1:3,628,379 | 101,412 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
The alternate forms: Carajá (2) are calculated separately.
Caraja (112) may also be a first name.
Caraja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caraja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Caraja is borne by more people in Moldova than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Carajá. For other possible spellings of Caraja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caraja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Caraja is the 507,320th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,281,031 people. Caraja occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Caraja are found; 65 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 65 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 885,979th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 112 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Moldova, where it is borne by 414 people, or 1 in 8,602. In Moldova Caraja is most prevalent in: Cimișlia District, where 28 percent live, Leova District, where 24 percent live and Găgăuzia, where 15 percent live. Other than Moldova this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent live and Brazil, where 9 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Caraja
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