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 occurs more in Albania more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Boçaj or Bočaj. For other possible spellings of Bocaj click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bocaj? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,058,336th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. Bocaj is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Bocaj live; 83 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent live in Albano-Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Albania, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 15,418. In Albania it is mostly found in: Vlorë County, where 75 percent are found, Tirana County, where 11 percent are found and Shkodër County, where 7 percent are found. Not including Albania this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 5 percent are found and Greece, where 3 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
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- 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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