Jayarajah Surname

447,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 762 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Jayarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jayarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka6581:31,6243,961
England421:1,326,62059,571
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Qatar91:262,00030,726
India81:95,883,173728,828
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Jayarajah (17) may also be a first name.

Jayarajah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jayarajah is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jayarajah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 447,229th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,563,709 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Jayarajah reside; 87 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Not including Sri Lanka Jayarajah is found in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Jayarajah Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Jayarajah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.88% more than the national average, earning $44,825 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.13% more than the national average, earning $54,220 CAD per year.

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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 Jayarajah
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