Suraj
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/sʊɹɑːdʒ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Suraj is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. In Sri Lanka it is the 39th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Hindi सूरज (sūraj, “the sun”).
- QAQatar≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 14K
- LKSri Lanka≈1 in 858as Sarath
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Suraj itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- #570 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 293 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 378 (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 named Surya, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
15 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled สุรัตน์ in TH Thailand and Sarath in LK Sri Lanka.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Hindi सूरज (sūraj, “the sun”).
Sources 1
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Suraj counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Suraj | 51 |
| NP Nepal | — | ≈80,000 est. | ≈1 in 378 | 1 | Suraj | 85 |
| TH Thailand | #145 | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | #629,517 | สุรัตน์ | 127 |
| LK Sri Lanka | #39 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 858 | — | Sarath | 61 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Suraj | 42 |
| QA Qatar | #126 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Suraj | 29 |
| GY Guyana | #200 | 355 | 1 in 2.1K | 355 | Suraj | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Maharaja Surajmalb. 1707not in their usual nameMaharaja of Bharatpur Kingdom (1707-1763)
- Suraj N. Guptab. 1924INIndian-American physicist
- Suraj Bhanb. 1928INIndian politician (1928–2006)
- Suraj Abdurrahmanb. 1954NGNigerian general (1954-2015)
- Suraj Jaganb. 1967INIndian singer
- Suraj Venjaramoodub. 1976INSouth Indian actor and comedian
- Suraj Narredub. 1985INIndian jockey
- Suraj Yengdeb. 1988INIndian scholar, human rights attorney, Ambedkarite social activist and author
- Suraj Gowdab. 1988INIndian actor
- Suraj Sharmab. 1993INIndian actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 50 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 355 | #275 |
| NP Nepal | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 1 | #312 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Suraj mean, and where does it come from?
- Hindi सूरज (sūraj, “the sun”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Suraj?
- A machine transcription gives /sʊɹɑːdʒ/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Suraj a male or female name?
- Suraj is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Suraj have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 134 thousand people named Surya in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Suraj?
- In Guyana, the national register counted 355 people named Suraj in 2025, about 1 in 2.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Suraj compared with other names?
- In Sri Lanka, Suraj is the 39th most common given name of 14,062 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Suraj?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/surajThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Suraj” — the 39th most common given name in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.