Thurairajah Surname

120,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,809 people bear this surname

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

Thurairajah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thurairajah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,9971:6,9431,014
Canada3021:122,00512,798
England1931:288,69522,251
Switzerland571:144,08613,875
Malaysia451:655,42731,286
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Qatar221:107,18211,536
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Norway171:302,48730,120
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Wales51:618,90625,852
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
India51:153,413,076951,030
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
France21:33,211,361423,184
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Thurairajah (176) may also be a first name.

Thurairajah Last Name Facts

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

Thurairajah is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thurairajah? popularity and diffusion

Thurairajah is the 120,405th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,913,244 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Thurairajah live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 687,834th most common first name world-wide, borne by 176 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,997 people, or 1 in 6,943. Aside from Sri Lanka this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.

Thurairajah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Thurairajah last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Thurairajah earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.62% less than the national average, earning 298,946 kr per year; in United States they earn 52.5% more than the national average, earning $65,804 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.8% more than the national average, earning $53,556 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 Thurairajah
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