Kanagarajah Surname

235,556th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,708 people bear this surname

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

Kanagarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanagarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,3161:15,8122,223
England1131:493,08031,588
France891:746,32392,306
Canada801:460,57039,784
Malaysia581:508,52125,379
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kanagarajah (124) may also be a first name.

Kanagarajah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanagarajah is most common in Sri Lanka. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanagarajah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kanagarajah is the 235,556th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,266,713 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Kanagarajah reside; 77 percent reside in South Asia and 77 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kanagarajah is also the 836,439th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 124 people.

This surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,316 people, or 1 in 15,812. Without taking into account Sri Lanka it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.

Kanagarajah Last Name Statistics demography

Kanagarajah earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.78% less than the national average, earning $45,818 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 Kanagarajah
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