Praja Surname
Approximately 39,156 people bear this surname
Praja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 25,572 | 1:1,114 | 183 |
| India | 8,187 | 1:93,693 | 6,191 |
| Indonesia | 4,747 | 1:27,860 | 3,289 |
| Romania | 498 | 1:40,317 | 5,130 |
| Malaysia | 91 | 1:324,112 | 17,512 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Praja (3,085) may also be a first name.
Praja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Praja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Praja (Bengali: প্রজা, Hindi: प्रजा, Marathi: राजु, Oriya: ପଜା, Tibetan: པར་ཇ་) occurs most in Nepal. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Praja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Praja is the 14,221st most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 186,116 people. The surname Praja is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Praja reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Praja is also the 129,881st most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 3,085 people.
It is most common in Nepal, where it is carried by 25,572 people, or 1 in 1,114. In Nepal it is most common in: Narayani, where 80 percent live, Bagmati, where 16 percent live and Gandaki, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nepal Praja occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Praja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Praja in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଜା | paja | 88.37 |
| ପଜାର | pajara | 4.65 |
| ପଜାତାି | pajatai | 4.65 |
| ପଜାାଇଁ | pajaa'im | 2.33 |
| Praja in the Bengali language | ||
| প্রজা | praja | 86.67 |
| প্রজ | praja | 6.67 |
| প্রভা | prabha | 6.67 |
| Praja in the Hindi language | ||
| प्रजा | praja | 86.58 |
| प्राजा | praja | 0.34 |
| पीराजा | piraja | 0.17 |
| प्रजा़ | praja | 0.17 |
| पी॰राज | piraja | 0.17 |
| प्रज्ञा | prajna | 0.17 |
| Praja in the Tibetan language | ||
| པར་ཇ་ | parja | 80 |
| པྲ་ཇ་ | traja | 20 |
| Praja in the Marathi language | ||
| राजु | raju | 36.36 |
| राज | raja | 36.36 |
| अजस | ajasa | 9.09 |
| राजू | raju | 9.09 |
| राजा | raja | 9.09 |
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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 Praja
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