Thanarajah Surname

827,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 335 people bear this surname

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

Thanarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thanarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England51:11,143,612252,590
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thanarajah (10) may also be a first name.

Thanarajah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thanarajah is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thanarajah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 827,165th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,753,868 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Thanarajah are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Thanarajah is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 10 people.

Thanarajah is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Not including Sri Lanka it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Thanarajah Last Name Statistics demography

Thanarajah earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 8.07% more than the national average, earning $53,692 CAD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Thanarajah
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