Suranji Surname

721,185th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 404 people bear this surname

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

Suranji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suranji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
India191:40,371,862445,856
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Šuranji (262) are calculated separately.

Suranji (1,933) may also be a first name.

Suranji Last Name Facts

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

The last name Suranji (Bengali: সুরঞ্জী, Hindi: सुरंजी, Marathi: सुरंजी, Oriya: ସୁରି) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Šuranji. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Suranji? popularity and diffusion

It is the 721,185th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 18,038,480 people. The last name Suranji occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Suranji are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 172,554th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,933 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Beside Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Suranji Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Suranji in the Bengali language
সুরঞ্জীsuranji-
Suranji in the Marathi language
सुरंजीsuranji82.35
सुरंजीािहमsuranjiaihama11.76
सुरनंजीsurananji5.88
Suranji in the Oriya language
ସୁରିsuri75
ସୁରsura25
Suranji in the Hindi language
सुरंजीsuranji64.29
सुरान्जीsuranji14.29
सुरन्जीsuranji14.29
सूरन्जीsuranji7.14

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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 Suranji
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