Ratnarajah Surname

306,186th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Ratnarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ratnarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka9501:21,9042,929
Canada861:428,43737,472
England841:663,31038,317
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Ratnarajah (87) may also be a first name.

Ratnarajah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ratnarajah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ratnarajah is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ratnarajah.

How Common Is The Last Name Ratnarajah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 306,186th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,900,847 people. Ratnarajah is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Ratnarajah are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 77 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Ratnarajah is also the 1,024,927th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 87 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 950 people, or 1 in 21,904. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 7 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.

Ratnarajah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ratnarajah last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.

The amount Ratnarajah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.95% more than the national average, earning $46,578 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.97% more than the national average, earning $56,128 CAD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ratnarajah
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