Meraaj Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Meraaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 51 | 1:3,502,821 | 26,594 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Meraaj (203) may also be a first name.
Meraaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meraaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meraaj (Hindi: मैराज, Marathi: मेराज) is most common in Pakistan. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Meraaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Meraaj? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,994,173rd most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname Meraaj is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Meraaj are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 58 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Meraaj is also the 635,584th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 203 people.
This surname is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 3,502,821. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 55 percent live, Sindh, where 41 percent live and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 2 percent live. Beside Pakistan it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 40 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meraaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meraaj in the Hindi language | ||
| मैराज | mairaja | 50 |
| मेराज | meraja | 50 |
| Meraaj in the Marathi language | ||
| मेराज | meraja | 50 |
| िमराज | imaraja | 25 |
| मैराज | mairaja | 25 |
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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 Meraaj
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