Nooraj Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Nooraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nooraj (109) may also be a first name.
Nooraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nooraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nooraj (Hindi: नूराज) is found most in Pakistan. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nooraj.
How Common Is The Last Name Nooraj? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nooraj are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Nooraj is also the 900,062nd most widespread given name on earth, borne by 109 people.
The last name Nooraj is most common in Pakistan, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,508,464. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Sindh, where 53 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 47 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent live and Thailand, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nooraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nooraj in the Hindi language | ||
| नूराज | nuraja | 37.5 |
| नूरजहॉ | nurajaho | 25 |
| नूरज | nuraja | 25 |
| नूरजॅहा | nurajeha | 12.5 |
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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 Nooraj
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