Aruqaj Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kosovo
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Aruqaj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aruqaj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kosovo1521:12,2491,740
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
England51:11,143,612252,590
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Aruqaj Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aruqaj Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Aruqaj is carried by more people in Kosovo than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Aruqaj? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,295,379th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Aruqaj live; 87 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent live in Albano-Europe.

The last name Aruqaj is most frequent in Kosovo, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 12,249. In Kosovo it is most frequent in: District of Mitrovica, where 89 percent are found, District of Pristina, where 7 percent are found and District of Peja, where 4 percent are found. Besides Kosovo this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oruqaj8349/
Arucaj8313/
Arzuqa831/
Hayruqa7727/
Aruka73415/
Aruca73284/
Aruqi73242/
Ariqa737/
Aruqiyah713/
Arouca6711,891/
Arukha671,377/
Arouka67456/
Arzuka67292/
Haruka67251/
Garuka67127/
Arucas6758/
Arauca6753/
Arukae6728/
Arukah6720/
Arukai6718/
Arucay6717/
Arusca6716/
Aruika676/
Ariqah673/
Arauqe673/
Arauka673/
Eariqa672/
Orucaj672/
Auruka671/
Arieqa671/
Aariqa671/
Arguca671/
Aruqer671/
Arouqi671/
Aruzca671/
Arukau671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Aruqaj
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