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
The last name Bilja is found in Albania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bilja.
How Common Is The Last Name Bilja? popularity and diffusion
Bilja is the 1,849,867th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Bilja is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Bilja live; 93 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent live in Albano-Europe. Bilja is also the 687,834th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 176 people.
It is most frequent in Albania, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 34,283. In Albania Bilja is primarily found in: Durrës County, where 60 percent reside and Tirana County, where 40 percent reside. Other than Albania Bilja exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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