Sivarajah Surname

89,310th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,373 people bear this surname

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

Sivarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sivarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4,1661:4,995720
England4681:119,05612,089
Canada2731:134,96613,971
Malaysia971:304,06416,606
Australia531:509,35338,491
Denmark491:115,19810,655
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Norway421:122,43516,038
Switzerland361:228,13719,301
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Sweden121:820,56361,223
France81:8,302,840321,660
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Sivarajah (1,801) may also be a first name.

Sivarajah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sivarajah is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sivarajah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 89,310th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,356,327 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Sivarajah live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 78 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 180,066th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 1,801 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 4,166 people, or 1 in 4,995. Without taking into account Sri Lanka Sivarajah is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Sivarajah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sivarajah surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sivarajah earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 12.78% less than the national average, earning 301,845 kr per year; in United States they earn 26.87% less than the national average, earning $31,556 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.46% more than the national average, earning $51,898 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
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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 Sivarajah
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