Faraj Surname
Approximately 279,382 people bear this surname
Faraj Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'disappearance of worries'. For example, if you recover from an illness. Arabs say God gave him faraj.
Faraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 89,958 | 1:389 | 66 |
| Egypt | 51,863 | 1:1,773 | 243 |
| Libya | 37,042 | 1:169 | 18 |
| Yemen | 20,818 | 1:1,269 | 186 |
| Syria | 13,090 | 1:1,474 | 194 |
| Iran | 10,505 | 1:7,309 | 1,017 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8,705 | 1:3,545 | 473 |
| Morocco | 8,043 | 1:4,286 | 471 |
| Jordan | 7,815 | 1:1,131 | 165 |
| Lebanon | 7,634 | 1:738 | 138 |
| Sudan | 5,600 | 1:6,698 | 972 |
| Palestine | 3,035 | 1:1,499 | 278 |
| Kuwait | 2,844 | 1:1,336 | 143 |
| India | 1,894 | 1:404,998 | 21,398 |
| Kenya | 1,730 | 1:26,694 | 2,990 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,704 | 1:5,377 | 671 |
| Bahrain | 1,602 | 1:842 | 91 |
| United States | 1,212 | 1:299,059 | 27,613 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Sweden | 461 | 1:21,360 | 1,768 |
| Oman | 394 | 1:9,360 | 1,246 |
| Tunisia | 393 | 1:1,554 | 146 |
| Qatar | 321 | 1:7,346 | 795 |
| Brazil | 220 | 1:973,065 | 34,571 |
| England | 220 | 1:253,264 | 20,438 |
| Australia | 197 | 1:137,034 | 14,802 |
| Canada | 188 | 1:195,987 | 19,219 |
| Honduras | 173 | 1:50,962 | 1,258 |
| Tanzania | 156 | 1:339,369 | 25,249 |
| Thailand | 154 | 1:458,691 | 80,467 |
| France | 116 | 1:572,610 | 77,014 |
| Spain | 106 | 1:441,057 | 23,230 |
| Netherlands | 75 | 1:225,162 | 29,957 |
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| Denmark | 70 | 1:80,639 | 7,855 |
| Venezuela | 70 | 1:431,487 | 8,674 |
| Argentina | 56 | 1:763,275 | 51,263 |
| Norway | 39 | 1:131,853 | 17,004 |
| Pakistan | 32 | 1:5,582,621 | 34,646 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Colombia | 15 | 1:3,184,938 | 14,936 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Faraj (139,258) may also be a first name.
Faraj Surname Meaning
Faraj Demographics
Average Male Faraj Height
174.68 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Faraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faraj (Arabic: الفراج, Bengali: ফরাজ, Hindi: फराज, Marathi: फराज, Oriya: ଫରାଜ) is found most frequently in Iraq. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faraj? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,955th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 26,085 people. The last name Faraj occurs predominantly in Asia, where 61 percent of Faraj live; 57 percent live in West Asia and 44 percent live in Levant. It is also the 7,519th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 139,258 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Iraq, where it is borne by 89,958 people, or 1 in 389. Apart from Iraq Faraj occurs in 94 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 19 percent live and Libya, where 13 percent live.
Faraj Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (80%) in Kenya and Shiite (38%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Faraj surname are 23.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.38% registered with the political party.
The amount Faraj earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.33% less than the national average, earning 299,937 kr per year; in Peru they earn 331.16% more than the national average, earning S/. 83,581 per year; in Colombia they earn 165.14% more than the national average, earning $60,194,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.53% more than the national average, earning $49,419 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.48% less than the national average, earning $48,949 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faraj in the Bengali language | ||
| ফরাজ | pharaja | - |
| Faraj in the Hindi language | ||
| फराज | pharaja | 96.36 |
| फ़राज | faraja | 1.43 |
| फ़राज | faraja | 0.03 |
| Faraj in the Marathi language | ||
| फराज | pharaja | 60.58 |
| फरज | pharaja | 29.2 |
| फारज | pharaja | 5.84 |
| फ़राज | faraja | 0.73 |
| राज | raja | 0.73 |
| रजा | raja | 0.73 |
| Faraj in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫରାଜ | pharaja | 60 |
| ଫରଜ | pharaja | 20 |
| ଫାରଜ | pharaja | 10 |
| ଫାରାଜ | pharaja | 10 |
| Faraj in the Arabic language | ||
| الفراج | alfraj | - |
| فرّاج | fraj | - |
| الفرج | alfrj | - |
| فراج | fraj | - |
| فرج | frj | - |
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Faraj Reference & Research
Faraggi origins FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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