Puraja Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Puraja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 63 | 1:12,175,641 | 218,299 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
Puraja (183) may also be a first name.
Puraja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puraja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puraja (Hindi: पुरजा, Marathi: पुरजा) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Puraja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Puraja is the 2,047,559th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Puraja live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Puraja is also the 673,127th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 183 people.
Puraja is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 12,175,641. In India Puraja is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 94 percent reside, West Bengal, where 5 percent reside and Odisha, where 2 percent reside. Excluding India this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Finland, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puraja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puraja in the Hindi language | ||
| पुरजा | puraja | - |
| Puraja in the Marathi language | ||
| पुरजा | puraja | 25 |
| पूराजा | puraja | 25 |
| पूरजा | puraja | 25 |
| पुराजा | puraja | 25 |
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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 Puraja
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