Mukherjee Surname
Approximately 554,253 people bear this surname
Mukherjee Surname User-submission:
Mukerjee is common last name in India and Bangladesh. It's common in the state of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. Mukerjee is a Hindu Brahmin last name and is often associated to last names such as Banerjee and Chatterjee.
Mukherjee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 530,814 | 1:1,445 | 150 |
| Bangladesh | 9,462 | 1:16,842 | 1,254 |
| United States | 3,831 | 1:94,612 | 10,616 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,701 | 1:5,386 | 673 |
| England | 1,493 | 1:37,320 | 4,872 |
| Oman | 1,059 | 1:3,483 | 507 |
| Saudi Arabia | 994 | 1:31,042 | 4,349 |
| Canada | 655 | 1:56,253 | 6,650 |
| Thailand | 505 | 1:139,878 | 21,795 |
| Australia | 449 | 1:60,124 | 7,285 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Singapore | 360 | 1:15,299 | 665 |
| Kuwait | 357 | 1:10,646 | 1,481 |
| Bahrain | 338 | 1:3,990 | 671 |
| Qatar | 268 | 1:8,799 | 961 |
| Hong Kong | 239 | 1:30,692 | 530 |
| Germany | 168 | 1:479,199 | 41,567 |
| Malaysia | 153 | 1:192,773 | 11,436 |
| Pakistan | 122 | 1:1,464,294 | 16,074 |
| Japan | 88 | 1:1,452,776 | 24,051 |
| Scotland | 84 | 1:63,736 | 5,100 |
| New Zealand | 83 | 1:54,558 | 8,669 |
| Switzerland | 58 | 1:141,602 | 13,683 |
| Netherlands | 53 | 1:318,626 | 37,214 |
| Wales | 38 | 1:81,435 | 6,830 |
| Northern Ireland | 37 | 1:49,866 | 4,222 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Poland | 29 | 1:1,310,647 | 81,985 |
| China | 28 | 1:48,832,913 | 2,633 |
| Denmark | 24 | 1:235,196 | 18,480 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Nepal | 16 | 1:1,780,060 | 7,778 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Bhutan | 8 | 1:77,005 | 762 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
The alternate forms: Mükherjee (1) are calculated separately.
Mukherjee (1,199) may also be a first name.
Mukherjee Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Mukerjee is common last name in India and Bangladesh. It's common in the state of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. Mukerjee is a Hindu Brahmin last name and is often associated to last names such as Banerjee and Chatterjee.
- theredsoviet2005A Bengali Kulin Brahmin surname of the Bharadwaja Gotra/clan.
- Swastik ChakrabortyMukherjee Demographics
Average Mukherjee Salary in
United States
$53,304 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mukherjee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mukherjee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mukherjee (Arabic: مخرجي, Bengali: মুখার্জী, Hindi: मुखर्जी, Marathi: मुखज, Oriya: ମୁଖାଜର୍ୀ) is most common in India. It can also appear as a variant: Mükherjee. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mukherjee? popularity and diffusion
It is the 961st most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,148 people. Mukherjee is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Mukherjee live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 228,808th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 1,199 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 530,814 people, or 1 in 1,445. In India it is most common in: West Bengal, where 95 percent live, Jharkhand, where 1 percent live and Delhi, where 1 percent live. Aside from India Mukherjee exists in 91 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Mukherjee Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Mukherjee last name are 0.43% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.66% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mukherjee earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 72.25% more than the national average, earning 596,135 kr per year; in United States they earn 23.53% more than the national average, earning $53,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.9% more than the national average, earning $60,068 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mukherjee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mukherjee in the Hindi language | ||
| मुखर्जी | mukharji | 96.35 |
| मुर्खजी | murkhaji | 0.84 |
| मुखजी | mukhaji | 0.56 |
| मुकर्जी | mukarji | 0.56 |
| मुख्रर्जी | mukhrarji | 0.56 |
| मुख़र्जी | mukharji | 0.56 |
| मुर्खीजी | murkhiji | 0.28 |
| मुख्र्जी | mukhrji | 0.28 |
| Mukherjee in the Marathi language | ||
| मुखज | mukhaja | 90.98 |
| मुखरजी | mukharaji | 2.05 |
| मुखेरजी | mukheraji | 1.83 |
| मुखेज | mukheja | 1.6 |
| मुख़ज | mukhaja | 1.14 |
| मुखर्जी | mukharji | 0.68 |
| मूखज | mukhaja | 0.68 |
| मुखाज | mukhaja | 0.46 |
| मुखरज | mukharaja | 0.23 |
| मुखाएज | mukha'eja | 0.23 |
| मुकाहेज | mukaheja | 0.11 |
| Mukherjee in the Bengali language | ||
| মুখার্জী | mukharji | 89.09 |
| মুখার্জ্জী | mukharjji | 5.97 |
| মুখার্জি | mukharji | 3.64 |
| মূখার্জী | mukharji | 0.78 |
| মখার্জী | makharji | 0.26 |
| মুর্খাজী | murkhaji | 0.26 |
| Mukherjee in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁଖାଜର୍ୀ | mukhajari | 73.33 |
| ମୁଖାଜିର୍ | mukhajir | 16.3 |
| ମୁଖଜର୍ୀ | mukhajari | 4.44 |
| ମୁଖର୍ାଜୀ | mukharaji | 2.22 |
| ମୂଖାଜର୍ୀ | mukhajari | 1.48 |
| ମୁଖଜିର୍ | mukhajir | 1.48 |
| ମୁଖାରଜୀ | mukharaji | 0.74 |
| Mukherjee in the Arabic language | ||
| مخرجي | mkhrjy | - |
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