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 last name Bocaj is found in Albania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Boçaj or Bočaj. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bocaj? popularity and diffusion
Bocaj is the 1,058,336th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname Bocaj 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 surname Bocaj is most numerous in Albania, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 15,418. In Albania Bocaj is most common in: Vlorë County, where 75 percent live, Tirana County, where 11 percent live and Shkodër County, where 7 percent live. Beside Albania Bocaj occurs in 12 countries. It is also common 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
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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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