The Raja surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,553 people carried this name — #16,906 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
194 people named Raja live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Raja.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 71 people named Raja live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Raja.
- Raineri 572 · U.S. census
- Rainero 116 · U.S. census
- Rainville 2,354 · U.S. census
- Raiola 264 · U.S. census
- Rais 383 · U.S. census
- Raison 375 · U.S. census
- Raji 241 · U.S. census
- Rak 1,285 · U.S. census
- Rakowski 2,072 · U.S. census
- Rallo 768 · U.S. census
- Rama 917 · U.S. census
- Ramacciotti 146 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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