Soraj Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Soraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 131 | 1:5,855,461 | 138,626 |
| Albania | 15 | 1:194,270 | 13,224 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Soraj (6,403) may also be a first name.
Soraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soraj (Bengali: সোরজ, Hindi: सोराज, Marathi: सोराज, Oriya: େସାରଜ, Tibetan: སོ་རཇ་) occurs most in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Soraj.
How Common Is The Last Name Soraj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,403,590th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname Soraj is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Soraj live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 82,156th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 6,403 people.
The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 5,855,461. In India Soraj is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 31 percent are found, Bihar, where 24 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 17 percent are found. Apart from India it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 10 percent are found and Pakistan, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soraj in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོ་རཇ་ | soraja | - |
| Soraj in the Hindi language | ||
| सोराज | soraja | 94.2 |
| सोरज | soraja | 1.44 |
| सूरज | suraja | 0.9 |
| शोराज | soraja | 0.22 |
| सोराज़ | soraza | 0.07 |
| सुरज | suraja | 0.04 |
| Soraj in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାରଜ | esaraja | 72.37 |
| ସେରାଜ | seraja | 14.04 |
| େସାରାଜ | esaraja | 7.89 |
| ରାଜ | raja | 1.32 |
| ସରଜ | saraja | 0.88 |
| େସାରଜ୍ | esaraj | 0.88 |
| ସୁରାଜ | suraja | 0.44 |
| ସୁରଜ | suraja | 0.44 |
| Soraj in the Marathi language | ||
| सोराज | soraja | 42.86 |
| सोरज | soraja | 42.86 |
| साोराज | saoraja | 4.76 |
| सोराजिंसग | sorajinsaga | 2.38 |
| साराज | saraja | 2.38 |
| सुरज | suraja | 2.38 |
| िसराज | isaraja | 2.38 |
| Soraj in the Bengali language | ||
| সোরজ | soraja | 33.33 |
| সুরাজ | suraja | 33.33 |
| সুরজ | suraja | 33.33 |
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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 Soraj
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