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

The surname Ponrajah is most common in Sri Lanka. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponrajah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 546,286th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,436,085 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Ponrajah reside; 87 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 16 people.

The last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Excluding Sri Lanka it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

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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