Ponrajah Surname

546,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 586 people bear this surname

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

Ponrajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponrajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
France261:2,554,720189,486
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Singapore131:423,66918,211
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Ponrajah (16) may also be a first name.

Ponrajah Last Name Facts

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

Ponrajah is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponrajah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 546,286th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Ponrajah are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 16 people.

This last name is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Apart from Sri Lanka it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Ponrajah Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ponrajah earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 172.99% more than the national average, earning $117,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.29% more than the national average, earning $59,266 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ponraja9313/
Ponrajha881/
Punrajah881/
Ponraj861,287/
Pounraj8086/
Ponrasa809/
Ponnraj806/
Ponraha803/
Poonraj803/
Panraja802/
Phonraj801/
Ponraju801/
Phonraya7517/
Panraj7122/
Phonracha7115/
Punraj7112/
Ponrai711/
Phonrai67207/
Panraju6712/
Pomraju674/
Paunraj674/
Panraya672/
Ponruha671/
Ponriya671/
Panroja671/
Panraji671/

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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 Ponrajah
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