Belja Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Belja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 76 | 1:38,343 | 5,514 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Serbia | 12 | 1:595,412 | 21,526 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Belja (139) may also be a first name.
Belja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Belja is held by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Belja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Belja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,409,418th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Belja reside; 65 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 51 percent reside in Albano-Europe. Belja is also the 784,558th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 139 people.
The surname Belja is most widespread in Albania, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 38,343. In Albania Belja is mostly concentrated in: Tirana County, where 63 percent reside, Shkodër County, where 28 percent reside and Lezhë County, where 7 percent reside. Not including Albania this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also common in India, where 16 percent reside and Belgium, where 8 percent reside.
Belja Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Belja has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Belja last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Belja
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