Doraraj Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Doraraj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doraraj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia511:578,31828,229
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
India81:95,883,173728,828
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Doraraj (66) may also be a first name.

Doraraj Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Doraraj Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Doraraj (Marathi: दोरराज) is most common in Malaysia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Doraraj? popularity and diffusion

The last name Doraraj is the 2,220,661st most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Doraraj live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 66 people.

The last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 578,318. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Perak, where 55 percent live, Selangor, where 18 percent live and Johor, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 15 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.

Doraraj Last Name Statistics demography

Doraraj earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.56% less than the national average, earning R 138,876 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Doraraj Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Doraraj in the Marathi language
दोरराजdoraraja50
दोराराजdoraraja33.33
देवराजdevaraja16.67

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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 Doraraj
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