Calja Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Calja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 116 | 1:25,121 | 4,129 |
| Argentina | 40 | 1:1,068,585 | 65,578 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
The alternate forms: Çalja (23) are calculated separately.
Calja (75) may also be a first name.
Calja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Calja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Calja occurs more in Albania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Çalja. For other possible spellings of Calja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Calja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,364,059th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name Calja occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Calja reside; 73 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 72 percent reside in Albano-Europe. Calja is also the 1,116,575th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 75 people.
The last name is most widely held in Albania, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 25,121. In Albania Calja is most common in: Elbasan County, where 96 percent live, Fier County, where 3 percent live and Kukës County, where 1 percent live. Not including Albania this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 2 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
- 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 Calja
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