Nagarajah Surname

109,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,259 people bear this surname

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

Nagarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nagarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,9971:6,9431,014
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Malaysia1731:170,48710,381
Canada1681:219,31921,150
England1551:359,47125,733
France1511:439,88663,493
Australia511:529,32739,816
Switzerland471:174,74315,901
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Norway301:171,41020,526
India191:40,371,862445,856
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Nagarajah (1,655) may also be a first name.

Nagarajah Last Name Facts

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

Nagarajah is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nagarajah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 109,288th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,711,093 people. Nagarajah occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Nagarajah reside; 79 percent reside in South Asia and 71 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Nagarajah is also the 189,342nd most frequently used first name on earth, held by 1,655 people.

The last name is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,997 people, or 1 in 6,943. Apart from Sri Lanka Nagarajah exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 8 percent reside and Malaysia, where 4 percent reside.

Nagarajah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nagarajah last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.

The amount Nagarajah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 11.1% more than the national average, earning 384,502 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.79% more than the national average, earning $44,786 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.49% less than the national average, earning $49,439 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 Nagarajah
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