Pharaj Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Pharaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 198 | 1:3,874,068 | 106,327 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
Pharaj (662) may also be a first name.
Pharaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pharaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pharaj (Hindi: फराज, Oriya: ଫରାଜ) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pharaj? popularity and diffusion
Pharaj is the 1,185,157th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pharaj live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 322,620th most frequently used forename globally. It is borne by 662 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 3,874,068. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 42 percent reside, Rajasthan, where 42 percent reside and Odisha, where 7 percent reside. Excluding India Pharaj exists in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pharaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pharaj in the Hindi language | ||
| फराज | pharaja | 97.47 |
| फरज | pharaja | 2.53 |
| Pharaj in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫରାଜ | pharaja | 67.86 |
| ଫରଜ | pharaja | 21.43 |
| ପ୍ହରାଜ | p'haraja | 3.57 |
| ହରାଜ | haraja | 3.57 |
| ଫରଜ୍ | pharaj | 3.57 |
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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 Pharaj
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