Meiraj Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Meiraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Meiraj (123) may also be a first name.
Meiraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meiraj (Hindi: मेराज, Marathi: मेईराज) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiraj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Meiraj live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 840,349th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 123 people.
It is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,240,353. In Pakistan it is most common in: Punjab, where 64 percent are found and Sindh, where 36 percent are found. Excluding Pakistan it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 35 percent are found and Canada, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meiraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meiraj in the Marathi language | ||
| मेईराज | me'iraja | 50 |
| मेइराज | me'iraja | 50 |
| Meiraj in the Hindi language | ||
| मेराज | meraja | 37.5 |
| मेीरज | meiraja | 25 |
| मेइराज | me'iraja | 25 |
| मेीराज | meiraja | 12.5 |
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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 Meiraj
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