Bilja Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Bilja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 85 | 1:34,283 | 5,138 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Serbia | 6 | 1:1,190,825 | 29,487 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bilja (176) may also be a first name.
Bilja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bilja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bilja is more commonly found in Albania than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bilja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bilja? popularity and diffusion
Bilja is the 1,849,867th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Bilja is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Bilja reside; 93 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent reside in Albano-Europe. It is also the 687,834th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 176 people.
The last name is most widespread in Albania, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 34,283. In Albania it is most prevalent in: Durrës County, where 60 percent reside and Tirana County, where 40 percent reside. Not including Albania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Serbia, where 6 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 Bilja
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