Sarooj Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Sarooj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
Sarooj (873) may also be a first name.
Sarooj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarooj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sarooj (Hindi: सरोज, Marathi: सरोज) is found most in Sri Lanka. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarooj? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Sarooj occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sarooj are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 68 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sarooj is also the 275,336th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 873 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,312,062. Beside Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent live and Pakistan, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarooj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarooj in the Marathi language | ||
| सरोज | saroja | - |
| Sarooj in the Hindi language | ||
| सरोज | saroja | 69.81 |
| सरूज | saruja | 20.75 |
| सारोज | saroja | 1.89 |
| सरुज | saruja | 1.89 |
| सारूज | saruja | 1.89 |
| सररोज | sararoja | 1.89 |
| सरोोज | sarooja | 1.89 |
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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 Sarooj
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