Buçaj Surname

567,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 557 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kosovo
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Buçaj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Buçaj Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kosovo4441:4,193700
Albania1101:26,4914,285
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Bucaj (330), Bučaj (36) & Bućaj (3) are calculated separately.

Buçaj Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Buçaj Come From? nationality or country of origin

Buçaj occurs more in Kosovo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Bucaj, Bučaj or Bućaj. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buçaj? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 567,444th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,083,565 people. The surname Buçaj is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Buçaj live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in Albano-Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Kosovo, where it is held by 444 people, or 1 in 4,193. In Kosovo it is most common in: District of Prizren, where 66 percent live, District of Peja, where 17 percent live and District of Pristina, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Kosovo it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bucaj93330/
Bučaj9336/
Bućaj933/
Buça89124/
Bouça80419/
Vuçaj80299/
Buzaj80120/
Bauça8076/
Buxaj8019/
Busaj8012/
Buíça801/
Buiça801/
Bušaj801/
Bushaj731,588/
Bouças73228/
Buchaj73179/
Budzaj73125/
Buczaj7362/
Busaja7357/
Buzaji7333/
Busaji7318/
Bussaj7315/
Buščaj7313/
Bucaji734/
Buxhaj732/
Busajo732/
Bouzaj731/
Bousaj731/
Busaje731/
Buzzaj731/
Beucaj731/
Busa6729,060/
Buza6710,934/
Buca679,538/
Buša67291/
Buxa67195/
Buçi6786/
Buča6783/
Buţa6754/
Vuça6730/
Boushaj6727/
Buća6720/
Busaaja6713/
Buçe678/
Bussaja674/
Buchaja674/
Bushaje674/
Bhusaji674/
Bucj673/
Buşa672/
Bushaji672/
Buzj671/
Bousaja671/
Buchaji671/
Bauçais671/
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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 Buçaj
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