Cerekja Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Cerekja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cerekja Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Albania61:485,67618,535
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Çerekja (104) are calculated separately.

Cerekja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cerekja Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cerekja is held by more people in Albania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Çerekja. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cerekja? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Cerekja reside; 55 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 55 percent reside in Albano-Europe.

The last name Cerekja is most frequently held in Albania, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 485,676. Not including Albania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent live and Italy, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Çerekja95104/
Cherekia803/
Serekia7110/
Kerekia7110/
Serekea711/
Kerekea711/
Cherikia6770/
Seregjaa674/
Kerekeha673/
Zerekiah671/
Kerzekia671/
Sherekea671/
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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 Cerekja
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