Meeraj Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Meeraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 99 | 1:7,748,135 | 165,146 |
| Pakistan | 56 | 1:3,190,069 | 25,212 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Meeraj (1,739) may also be a first name.
Meeraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meeraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meeraj (Hindi: मीरज, Marathi: िमराज, Oriya: ମିରାଜ) has its highest incidence in India. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meeraj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,338,236th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Meeraj live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 183,899th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 1,739 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 7,748,135. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 56 percent reside, West Bengal, where 16 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 8 percent reside. Excluding India this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 34 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meeraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meeraj in the Oriya language | ||
| ମିରାଜ | miraja | - |
| Meeraj in the Hindi language | ||
| मीरज | miraja | 42.11 |
| मीराज | miraja | 26.32 |
| मेराज | meraja | 15.79 |
| मिराज | miraja | 10.53 |
| नीरज | niraja | 5.26 |
| Meeraj in the Marathi language | ||
| िमराज | imaraja | 30.77 |
| मीराज | miraja | 23.08 |
| िमरज | imaraja | 23.08 |
| मेयराज | meyaraja | 7.69 |
| मीरज | miraja | 7.69 |
| मेहराज | meharaja | 7.69 |
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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 Meeraj
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