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
Bocaj occurs in Albania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Boçaj or Bočaj. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bocaj? popularity and diffusion
Bocaj is the 1,058,336th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. Bocaj occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Bocaj reside; 83 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Albania, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 15,418. In Albania Bocaj is primarily concentrated in: Vlorë County, where 75 percent live, Tirana County, where 11 percent live and Shkodër County, where 7 percent live. Outside of Albania this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 5 percent live and Greece, where 3 percent live.
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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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