Deraj Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Deraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 150 | 1:19,427 | 3,353 |
| Pakistan | 62 | 1:2,881,353 | 23,780 |
| Slovakia | 55 | 1:97,026 | 18,584 |
| Greece | 29 | 1:382,062 | 51,720 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Deraj (1,289) may also be a first name.
Deraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Deraj (Bengali: দেরাজ, Hindi: देराज, Marathi: देराज) is found most in Albania. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Deraj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 832,284th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. The last name Deraj is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Deraj live; 54 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 45 percent live in Albano-Europe. It is also the 219,430th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 1,289 people.
It is most numerous in Albania, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 19,427. In Albania it is primarily found in: Vlorë County, where 62 percent are found, Tirana County, where 29 percent are found and Fier County, where 7 percent are found. Other than Albania this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 19 percent are found and Slovakia, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Deraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deraj in the Bengali language | ||
| দেরাজ | deraja | - |
| Deraj in the Hindi language | ||
| देराज | deraja | 98.36 |
| डेराज | deraja | 0.23 |
| Deraj in the Marathi language | ||
| देराज | deraja | 76.67 |
| धीरज | dhiraja | 6.67 |
| देवराज | devaraja | 6.67 |
| देरज | deraja | 6.67 |
| िधरज | idharaja | 3.33 |
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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 Deraj
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