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) is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Surajah.
How Common Is The Last Name Surajah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Surajah occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Surajah are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 37 people.
Surajah is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 60 percent are found, Bauchi, where 20 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.
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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