Surajah Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Surajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Surajah (37) may also be a first name.
Surajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Surajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Surajah (Marathi: सुरजाह) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Surajah.
How Common Is The Last Name Surajah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Surajah reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 37 people.
Surajah is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Surajah is most frequent in: Oyo, where 60 percent reside, Bauchi, where 20 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surajah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Surajah in the Marathi language | ||
| सुरजाह | surajaha | 80 |
| सुरजह | surajaha | 20 |
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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 Surajah
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