Bužalja Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Bužalja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bužalja 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
Croatia131:325,27730,776
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Buzalja (4) are calculated separately.

Bužalja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bužalja is held by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Buzalja. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bužalja? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bužalja live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 325,277. In Croatia Bužalja is primarily concentrated in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 46 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 38 percent live and Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 15 percent live. Beside Croatia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kosovo, where 13 percent live and Serbia, where 6 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
Buzalja954/
Bucalja861/
Bucalija8097/
Buzhalja801/
Busatlija758/
Bozalija6767/
Buscalgia634/
Buijalyea630/
Boudjalkha594/
Bucalie5783/
Bujalco571/
Bucailie531/
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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 Bužalja
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