Raja is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Raja
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: Worn especially in Deux-Sevres, should designate one who comes from a place called Rajac, Rajat (name among other hamlets in the Puy-de-Dôme and the Rhone).

How popular is Raja?

Raja is common in India.

Raja is ranked 744 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Rajas grew by 66.96716 per cent to 2593 since 2000 and ranked 12035 after elevating 4871 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 85.08 71.6
White 8.64 10.62
Others 3.55 14.42
Hispanic or Latino 1.97 2.38
Raja is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Pakistan which signifies that it is originated from Pakistan. Around 695817 people have been found who wears Raja as their family name. Raja is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
16,722 Nigeria8
28,661 Serbia8
1,650 Ethiopia7
478 Myanmar7
2,527 Maldives6
10,202 Egypt5
1,615 Sudan5
26,825 Georgia5
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
1,380 Libya4
1,322 Niger4
2,011 South Korea4
5,779 Uganda4
11,290 Guyana3
3,224 Afghanistan3
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
1,418 Madagascar3
2,449 Yemen2
5,217 Zambia2
2,705 Togo2
5,300 Syria2
1,151 Brunei2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
95,312 Argentina2
10,395 Latvia2
1,834 Malta2
40,256 Mexico2
26,532 Chile2
20,172 Hungary1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
12,745 Luxembourg1
31,584 Peru1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
1,542 Andorra1
37,493 Austria1
6,033 Benin1
7,110 Bosnia1
4,249 Cambodia1
19,810 Croatia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
13,606 Senegal1
1,970 Grenada1
1,572 Macau1
4,171 Rwanda1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
971 Seychelles1
16,283 Lithuania1
3,243 Suriname1
2,613 The Bahamas1
11,831 Tajikistan1
36,814 Romania1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
15,162 Costa Rica1
6,688 Malawi1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
24,460 Armenia1
5,872 Namibia1
7,292 Vietnam1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
19,533 Uruguay1
5,553 Taiwan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
89,397 Ukraine48
12,974 New Zealand47
1,378 Iceland29
70,042 Kazakhstan29
3,338 Thailand27
4,169 Cyprus26
1,064 Barbados23
2,197 China20
5,493 Japan11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,065 Belgium97
120,427 Russia91
4,105 Wales90
19,548 Czech Republic85
4,527 Ireland76
Countries with hundreds of Raja:
6,932 Algeria982
6,835 South Africa950
5,064 Canada872
7,078 Poland859
2,348 Tunisia793
1,368 Jordan771
155 Estonia613
297 Bahrain476
6,338 Australia457
10,744 Tanzania438
1,490 Norway400
30,822 Philippines387
7,729 Ghana320
36,063 Brazil318
8,975 Netherlands315
3,474 Finland230
2,934 Scotland223
4,721 Sweden203
1,189 Mauritius201
2,099 Botswana188
3,489 Denmark172
1,470 Hong Kong166
7,350 Switzerland162
13,267 Greece147
31,070 Turkey140
4,044 Lebanon125
14,429 Zimbabwe124
Countries with thousands of Raja:
1,042 England7,303
109 United Arab Emirates5,756
723 Iraq5,697
784 Morocco5,504
511 Sri Lanka5,086
939 Mozambique3,783
111 Oman3,281
11,171 United States3,227
3,655 Iran2,968
2,442 Kenya2,354
611 Nepal2,316
283 Singapore1,940
2,787 Spain1,702
6,512 Germany1,446
6,595 France1,310
8,961 Italy1,209
133 Qatar1,109
271 Kuwait1,097
Countries with ten thousands of Raja:
153 Malaysia26,155
757 Bangladesh19,938
246 Saudi Arabia12,544
1,354 Indonesia11,586
Countries with hundred thousands of Raja:
126 Pakistan279,105
265 India277,520
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

3 years old daughter Antonia Raja who was residing in Tollo, Italy migrated to New York on January 4, 1886 by Alesia put out from Marseilles & Naples. Tailor Antonino Raja, Laborer Antonino Raja, Bernarda Raja (14) Housewife, 7 years old Carmela Raja, Elisabeth Raja, aged 35, 18 years old Filippa Raja, Francesco Raja, aged 4 months old, Giovanni Raja (4), and 8 other Raja around 35.71% of whom were daughter while others worked as laborer and housewife migrated to US from Naples, Palermo, Genoa, Naples & Palermo and Marseilles & Naples.

Comments

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Savannah Storch
Raja is a lunch surname, topographic name refers source in Occitan, characteristic domain name or the locality.

Raja Namesakes

  • Ravi Raja Pinisetty, Film director
  • Suruli Rajan, Comedian
  • Yuvan Shankar Raja, Singer
  • Review Raja, Film critic
  • M.V. Rajamma, Actress
  • Rameez Raja, Cricketer
  • Tarana Raja, Actress
  • Abdulsamad-Ali Rajai, Mohammad-Ali Rajai's father
  • Ravi Raja Pinisetty, Film director
  • Abhiraj Rajadhyaksha, Film director
  • Shivaji Raja, from 2019 comedy, romance movie Suryakantham, who characterized N.
  • Master Raja, from 1966 drama flick Hum Kahan Ja Rahe Hain, who portrayed the Dinesh.
  • In 0 drama film, Money Devo Bhava, Nick Raja characterized Aditya.
  • Jai Raja, from 0 horror, sci-fi movie Nanosharks, who characterized Jason.
  • In 2015 crime flick, Kirumi, David Solomon Raja characterized Soundarapandian.
  • In 2017 comedy and drama movie, Oru Kanavu Pola, Soundara Raja portrayed N.
  • In 1946, Mehdi Raja played the role of N in action, drama flick Her Highness.

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