Globally, Barj (Barj 
) is quite a common largely masculine, but seldom feminine given name. The forename Barj is characteristic of Southern Asia, particularly India, where it is a rare largely male, but infrequently female name. Very seldom, Barj is the last name as well as the forename.
Sah, Duhra, Gupta, Gopal, Tyagi, Vamar, Yadav, Mohani, Sharma, Shamar, Bahari, Kashor, Kumari, Kishor, Parsad, Pathak, Pandey, Prasad, Dhahan, Tiwari, Nandan, Bhushan, Pande, Narayan, Kumar, Mohan, Bai, Pal, Ram, Raj, Ray, Roy, Das, Lal, Jha, Bala, Bati, Bhan, Kaur, Rani, Devi, Dube, Gari, Goel, Lata, Vati, Masar, Singh, and Abdellah