Nesarajah Surname

536,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 600 people bear this surname

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

Nesarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nesarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
England381:1,466,26563,675
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nesarajah (42) may also be a first name.

Nesarajah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nesarajah is most common in Sri Lanka. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nesarajah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 536,820th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Nesarajah live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 85 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Nesarajah is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 42 people.

This surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Not including Sri Lanka it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Nesarajah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nesarajah last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

The amount Nesarajah earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 84.12% more than the national average, earning $79,444 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.62% more than the national average, earning $57,442 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Nesarajah
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