Daraj Surname
Approximately 4,880 people bear this surname
Daraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1,633 | 1:19,690 | 1,018 |
| India | 1,607 | 1:477,328 | 24,314 |
| Iraq | 1,132 | 1:30,938 | 1,481 |
| Syria | 296 | 1:65,206 | 2,960 |
| Palestine | 125 | 1:36,391 | 4,416 |
| Algeria | 17 | 1:2,272,444 | 44,120 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Albania | 6 | 1:485,676 | 18,535 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Daraj (3,208) may also be a first name.
Daraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Daraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Daraj (Bengali: দরজ, Hindi: दराज, Marathi: दराज, Oriya: ଦରଜ) has its highest incidence in Afghanistan. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Daraj? popularity and diffusion
The last name Daraj is the 97,287th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,493,350 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Daraj live; 66 percent live in South Asia and 34 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 126,730th most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 3,208 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 1,633 people, or 1 in 19,690. In Afghanistan Daraj is most common in: Kabul, where 18 percent live, Nangarhar, where 9 percent live and Takhar, where 8 percent live. Aside from Afghanistan it occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent live and Iraq, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Daraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Daraj in the Bengali language | ||
| দরজ | daraja | - |
| Daraj in the Hindi language | ||
| दराज | daraja | 97.32 |
| डाराज | daraja | 1.24 |
| दरज | daraja | 0.57 |
| दाराज | daraja | 0.38 |
| दारजा | daraja | 0.19 |
| डराज | daraja | 0.1 |
| दऱाज | daraja | 0.1 |
| Daraj in the Marathi language | ||
| दराज | daraja | 92.68 |
| दाराज | daraja | 2.44 |
| ई्दराज | idaraja | 2.44 |
| अदराज | adaraja | 2.44 |
| Daraj in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦରଜ | daraja | 53.85 |
| ଦରାଜ | daraja | 30.77 |
| ଦାରଜ | daraja | 7.69 |
| ଦରାଯ | daraya | 7.69 |
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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 Daraj
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