Selvarajah Surname

53,501st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,543 people bear this surname

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

Selvarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selvarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka6,9441:2,997412
Malaysia6211:47,4953,778
England5741:97,07010,302
Canada4261:86,4929,570
France3501:189,77929,542
Australia1531:176,44217,942
United States1311:2,766,862164,942
Denmark571:99,0309,368
Switzerland521:157,94114,824
Norway401:128,55716,659
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Qatar341:69,3536,725
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Sweden191:518,25037,550
India191:40,371,862445,856
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

The alternate forms: Selvàrajah (1) are calculated separately.

Selvarajah (3,001) may also be a first name.

Selvarajah Last Name Facts

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

Selvarajah is found most in Sri Lanka. It may occur in the variant forms: Selvàrajah. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Selvarajah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 53,501st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 763,654 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Selvarajah are found; 73 percent are found in South Asia and 73 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 132,121st most prevalent first name in the world, held by 3,001 people.

This surname is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 6,944 people, or 1 in 2,997. Not including Sri Lanka it is found in 32 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 7 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

Selvarajah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Selvarajah surname are 12.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.71% being registered with the party.

The amount Selvarajah earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.17% less than the national average, earning 272,818 kr per year; in United States they earn 48.06% more than the national average, earning $63,885 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.23% less than the national average, earning $47,083 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Selvarajah
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