Nararajan Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Nararajan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nararajan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Nararajan (13) may also be a first name.

Nararajan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nararajan (Marathi: नरराजन, Oriya: ନରଂଜନ) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nararajan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nararajan is the 7,593,402nd most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Nararajan is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nararajan live; 83 percent live in Southeast Asia and 83 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nararajan is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Penang, where 60 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 20 percent live and Pahang, where 20 percent live. Besides Malaysia Nararajan exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nargarajan953/
Nararayan8988/
Nararain8210/
Norhrojan671/

Nararajan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nararajan in the Oriya language
ନରଂଜନnaranjana-
Nararajan in the Marathi language
नरराजनnararajana50
नररजनnararajana25
बीनरराजनbinararajana25

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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 Nararajan
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