Thiyagarajah Surname

102,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,583 people bear this surname

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

Thiyagarajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thiyagarajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3,8741:5,371783
Canada3021:122,00512,798
England1551:359,47125,733
Switzerland481:171,10215,661
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Norway271:190,45522,163
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
Qatar221:107,18211,536
India221:34,866,608408,224
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Singapore131:423,66918,211
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
France11:66,422,722504,397
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Thiyagarajah (1,967) may also be a first name.

Thiyagarajah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thiyagarajah is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Thiyagarajah.

How Common Is The Last Name Thiyagarajah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 102,713th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,590,126 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Thiyagarajah are found; 85 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Thiyagarajah is also the 170,765th most common given name world-wide, borne by 1,967 people.

It is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 3,874 people, or 1 in 5,371. Other than Sri Lanka it exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 7 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Thiyagarajah Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Thiyagarajah earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.46% less than the national average, earning 285,665 kr per year; in United States they earn 26.83% more than the national average, earning $54,725 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.93% more than the national average, earning $52,631 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 Thiyagarajah
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