Thevarajah Surname

179,531st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,376 people bear this surname

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

Thevarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thevarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,8271:11,3891,622
England1971:282,83321,968
Canada1421:259,47624,513
Malaysia431:685,91232,468
Norway281:183,65321,594
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Denmark261:217,10417,438
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
France71:9,488,960336,266
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Thevarajah (821) may also be a first name.

Thevarajah Last Name Facts

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

Thevarajah is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Thevarajah.

How Common Is The Last Name Thevarajah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 179,531st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,067,149 people. Thevarajah is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Thevarajah live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 285,218th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 821 people.

The last name Thevarajah is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,827 people, or 1 in 11,389. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Thevarajah Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Thevarajah earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 24.72% less than the national average, earning 260,527 kr per year; in United States they earn 14.43% more than the national average, earning $49,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.82% more than the national average, earning $52,574 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
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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 Thevarajah
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