Ghiraj Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Ghiraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 204 | 1:3,760,124 | 104,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ghiraj (2,592) may also be a first name.
Ghiraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghiraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghiraj (Hindi: घीरज, Marathi: िघरज) is most common in India. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ghiraj.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghiraj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,159,732nd most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,376,436 people. The last name Ghiraj occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ghiraj reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Ghiraj is also the 144,465th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 2,592 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 3,760,124. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 54 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 37 percent are found and Bihar, where 8 percent are found. Apart from India this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghiraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghiraj in the Hindi language | ||
| घीरज | ghiraja | 95.32 |
| घिराज | ghiraja | 2.11 |
| घिरज | ghiraja | 1.51 |
| धीरज | dhiraja | 0.45 |
| घीराज | ghiraja | 0.3 |
| घीराजा | ghiraja | 0.15 |
| Ghiraj in the Marathi language | ||
| िघरज | igharaja | 91.3 |
| धीरज | dhiraja | 4.35 |
| िघराज | igharaja | 4.35 |
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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 Ghiraj
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