Dhanraj

English

Etymology

From a Hindi personal name composed of the elements धन (dhan, “wealth, riches”) and राज (rāj, “kingdom, rule, royalty”).

Proper noun

Dhanraj (plural Dhanrajs)

1. A surname from Hindi.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dhanraj is the 41359^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 526 individuals. Dhanraj is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (54.18%), Black/African American (19.01%) and Mixed Race (11.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dhanraj”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 454.