Bocaj Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Bocaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 189 | 1:15,418 | 2,749 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Guatemala | 7 | 1:2,297,524 | 6,613 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Boçaj (85) & Bočaj (12) are calculated separately.
Bocaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bocaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bocaj is found most frequently in Albania. It may appear as: Boçaj or Bočaj. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bocaj? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bocaj is the 1,058,336th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Bocaj are found; 83 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent are found in Albano-Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Albania, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 15,418. In Albania it is most frequent in: Vlorë County, where 75 percent reside, Tirana County, where 11 percent reside and Shkodër County, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Albania this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 5 percent reside and Greece, where 3 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 Bocaj
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