Toraj Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Toraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 109 | 1:26,734 | 4,323 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Toraj (557) may also be a first name.
Toraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Toraj (Marathi: तोराज) is more commonly found in Albania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Toraj.
How Common Is The Last Name Toraj? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,544,715th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Toraj reside; 84 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent reside in Albano-Europe. Toraj is also the 356,380th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 557 people.
The last name Toraj is most numerous in Albania, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 26,734. In Albania Toraj is mostly concentrated in: Berat County, where 47 percent reside, Fier County, where 24 percent reside and Tirana County, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Albania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 14 percent reside and Greece, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Toraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toraj in the Marathi language | ||
| तोराज | toraja | 88.89 |
| तोरज | toraja | 11.11 |
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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 Toraj
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