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་) has its highest incidence in India. It may also appear in the variant forms: Rāj, Řaj or Råj. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 458^th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 6,383 people. The 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 widespread first name internationally, borne by 2,019,361 people.

This last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 965,682 people, or 1 in 794. In India Raj is mostly concentrated in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 17 percent reside, Punjab, where 13 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 11 percent reside. Aside from India it occurs in 160 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 4 percent reside and Oman, where 2 percent reside.

Raj Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Raj surname is principally Orthodox (40%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Raj surname are 7.42% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.65% registered to vote for 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.