Careja Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Careja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Careja (34) may also be a first name.
Careja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Careja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Careja is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Careja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Careja live; 43 percent live in Eastern Europe and 43 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,775,424th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 34 people.
The surname Careja is most frequently held in Romania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,346,312. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Hunedoara County, where 67 percent live, Prahova County, where 17 percent live and Timiș County, where 17 percent live. Outside of Romania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 21 percent live and Sweden, where 14 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 Careja
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