Sookraj Surname

184,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Sookraj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sookraj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9341:58,0067,355
Trinidad and Tobago6521:2,092353
United States2941:1,232,85487,287
Guyana2531:3,013555
Canada1091:338,03330,736
England301:1,857,26974,552
United States Virgin Islands81:13,7971,930
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Mauritius61:215,5708,537
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Sookraj (646) may also be a first name.

Sookraj Last Name Facts

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

Sookraj (Hindi: सूकराज) occurs most in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sookraj click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sookraj? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 184,261st most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,164,371 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Sookraj live; 41 percent live in Southern Africa and 41 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 327,050th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 646 people.

The last name Sookraj is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 934 people, or 1 in 58,006. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 85 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Sookraj Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sookraj last name are 19.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sookraj earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 19.91% more than the national average, earning R 284,952 per year; in United States they earn 17.13% more than the national average, earning $50,541 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.54% more than the national average, earning $51,444 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sookrajh93122/
Sookhraj9327/
Sookraju9310/
Sookrauj935/
Sookraji931/
Sookraja931/
Sookkraj931/
Sookra92329/
Sookrahjh8815/
Sookrajie885/
Sookrajee882/
Sookhrajh881/
Sookrhajh881/
Sookrat866/
Sookras864/
Shookra862/
Sookrad861/
Sokhraj861/
Sookrha861/
Sookray861/
Sookrea861/
Sookroj861/
Sokra831,300/
Sookrajowa8286/
Sookrach809/
Sookkrai805/
Sookrash801/
Soukradj801/
Soukra77526/
Sokrai77500/
Shokra77101/
Sokrah7714/
Sokrap774/
Sokhra773/
Sokraa772/
Sookry771/
Sookri771/
Sakraj771/
Sookre771/
Sookrayah756/
Shoukradj751/
Shokraz711,136/
Shoukra71126/
Shokrai7174/
Sougkra7115/
Sakraji7112/
Sookree7110/
Shokrae719/
Shookry717/
Sookrie715/
Sookkri712/
Shokrah712/
Sakradj711/
Sokriya711/
Sokrapp711/
Sakhraj711/
Sakraju711/
Sakra672,387/
Sokri671,372/
Sakhraji67341/
Sokry67237/
Sokre6743/
Soqra6721/
Shokraie6720/
Sookkree6718/
Socra6716/
Shokhray6713/
Shokraii6712/
Sákra6711/
Soykıray679/
Shookree674/
Shokraye672/
Shakraji671/
Sougkras671/
Shokrahe671/
Soukrach671/
Chookrat671/
Sshockra670/

Sookraj Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sookraj in the Hindi language
सूकराजsukaraja-

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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 Sookraj
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