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
The last name Calaja is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Čalaja. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Calaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Calaja are found; 65 percent are found in Northern Europe and 65 percent are found in Baltic Europe. It is also the 890,531st most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 111 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 157,696. In Latvia it is mostly found in: Latgale, where 46 percent reside, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 31 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Latvia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent reside and The Philippines, where 10 percent reside.
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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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