Calaja Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Calaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 13 | 1:157,696 | 20,118 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Čalaja (1) are calculated separately.
Calaja (111) may also be a first name.
Calaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Calaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Calaja is found most frequently in Latvia. It can also appear as a variant: Čalaja. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Calaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,427,875th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Calaja live; 65 percent live in Northern Europe and 65 percent live in Baltic Europe. Calaja is also the 890,531st most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 111 people.
The last name Calaja is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 157,696. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Latgale, where 46 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 31 percent are found and Riga Planning Region, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Latvia Calaja occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 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
- 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 Calaja
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