Canaj Surname
Approximately 2,449 people bear this surname
Canaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1,482 | 1:1,966 | 317 |
| Kosovo | 599 | 1:3,108 | 518 |
| Greece | 211 | 1:52,511 | 8,681 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Italy | 16 | 1:3,822,293 | 103,776 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Serbia | 6 | 1:1,190,825 | 29,487 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Çanaj (129) are calculated separately.
Canaj (11) may also be a first name.
Canaj Demographics
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Canaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canaj is most common in Albania. It can appear as a variant: Çanaj. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 175,030th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,975,723 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Canaj reside; 94 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent reside in Albano-Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 11 people.
The last name Canaj is most numerous in Albania, where it is held by 1,482 people, or 1 in 1,966. In Albania Canaj is primarily found in: Tirana County, where 33 percent reside, Vlorë County, where 25 percent reside and Shkodër County, where 13 percent reside. Barring Albania Canaj is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 24 percent reside and Greece, where 9 percent reside.
Canaj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Canaj last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Canaj earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.84% more than the national average, earning $46,530 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.51% more than the national average, earning $58,382 CAD per year.
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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 Canaj
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