Viraj Surname
Approximately 6,211 people bear this surname
Viraj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 5,409 | 1:3,847 | 548 |
| India | 731 | 1:1,049,337 | 43,707 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Slovenia | 11 | 1:226,152 | 15,984 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Viraj (49,269) may also be a first name.
Viraj Demographics
Average Viraj Salary in
England
£33,880
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Viraj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Viraj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Viraj (Hindi: विराज, Marathi: िवराज, Oriya: ଭିରାଜ, Tibetan: བི་རཱཇ་) is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Viraj? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 78,606th most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,173,329 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Viraj live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 18,732nd most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 49,269 people.
The surname Viraj is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 5,409 people, or 1 in 3,847. Outside of Sri Lanka Viraj is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Viraj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Viraj in the Tibetan language | ||
| བི་རཱཇ་ | biraja | - |
| Viraj in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭିରାଜ | bhiraja | - |
| Viraj in the Marathi language | ||
| िवराज | ivaraja | 93.95 |
| िवरज | ivaraja | 3.41 |
| राज | raja | 1.38 |
| वीराज | viraja | 0.48 |
| ीराम | irama | 0.19 |
| राजे | raje | 0.12 |
| वराज | varaja | 0.07 |
| राजू | raju | 0.05 |
| िराज | iraja | 0.05 |
| बीराज | biraja | 0.02 |
| राजु | raju | 0.02 |
| राजा | raja | 0.02 |
| िबज् | ibaj | 0.02 |
| Viraj in the Hindi language | ||
| विराज | viraja | 65.37 |
| विरज | viraja | 22.34 |
| वीरज | viraja | 6.75 |
| वीराज | viraja | 4.35 |
| वि्रज | viraja | 0.75 |
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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 Viraj
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