Balavija Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Balavija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 57 | 1:51,124 | 6,660 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
Balavija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balavija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balavija is found most frequently in Albania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balavija? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Balavija reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 90 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Albania, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 51,124. In Albania Balavija is most prevalent in: Kukës County, where 84 percent reside, Tirana County, where 14 percent reside and Vlorë County, where 2 percent reside. Barring Albania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Greece, where 10 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Balavija
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