Bjelja Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Bjelja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 60 | 1:70,477 | 12,599 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Bjelja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bjelja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bjelja is found most frequently in Croatia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bjelja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bjelja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Bjelja reside; 95 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Croatia, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 70,477. In Croatia Bjelja is mostly concentrated in: Šibenik-Knin County, where 97 percent are found and Krapina-Zagorje County, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Croatia Bjelja is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent are found and Serbia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Bjelja
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