Rajang Surname
Approximately 333 people bear this surname
Rajang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 208 | 1:141,799 | 8,963 |
| Indonesia | 57 | 1:2,320,161 | 139,963 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rajang (156) may also be a first name.
Rajang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rajang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rajang (Bengali: রজং, Hindi: राजंग, Marathi: राजंग) is most common in Malaysia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rajang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rajang is the 830,559th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Rajang reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 735,679th most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 156 people.
The surname Rajang is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 141,799. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 95 percent reside, Penang, where 1 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent reside. Barring Malaysia this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and Estonia, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rajang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rajang in the Bengali language | ||
| রজং | rajam | - |
| Rajang in the Marathi language | ||
| राजंग | rajanga | 80 |
| राजांग | rajanga | 20 |
| Rajang in the Hindi language | ||
| राजंग | rajanga | 25 |
| राजँग | rajamga | 25 |
| शेरजंग | serajanga | 25 |
| राजङ | rajana | 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 Rajang
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