Where Does The Last Name Raj Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Raj (Arabic: ريج, Bengali: রাজ, Georgian: რაჯ, Hindi: राज, Marathi: राज, Oriya: ରାଜ, Tibetan: རཱཇ་) occurs most in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Rāj, Řaj or Råj. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raj? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 458^th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,383 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Raj are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 71 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 307^th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 2,019,361 people.

This surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 965,682 people, or 1 in 794. In India it is primarily found in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 17 percent are found, Punjab, where 13 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 11 percent are found. Other than India it is found in 160 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 4 percent are found and Oman, where 2 percent are found.

Raj Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Raj last name is predominantly Orthodox (40%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Raj last name are 7.42% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.65% registered with the political party.

The amount Raj earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 64.42% less than the national average, earning €10,684 per year; in Norway they earn 8.67% less than the national average, earning 316,089 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 26.12% more than the national average, earning R 299,712 per year; in United States they earn 20.53% more than the national average, earning $52,009 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.42% more than the national average, earning $52,376 CAD per year.