Ciftja Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Ciftja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ciftja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Albania91:323,78416,217
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Norway41:1,285,57269,185

The alternate forms: Çiftja (42) are calculated separately.

Ciftja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ciftja is most common in Albania. It can occur in the variant forms: Çiftja. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ciftja? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Ciftja are found; 45 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 45 percent are found in Albano-Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Albania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 323,784. Excluding Albania Ciftja occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent are found and Norway, where 20 percent are found.

Ciftja Last Name Statistics demography

Ciftja earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 115.63% more than the national average, earning $93,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Çiftja9442/
Qiftja8312/
Ciftji831/
Kiftia6747/
Siftia6715/
Giftia673/
Ciwtia671/
Kiftiah62752/
Qiftiah62151/
Zifetya6222/
Cifteoz629/
Qiftyah626/
Kifthia621/
Cheftia621/
Seftija621/
Kieftiah5719/
Khiftiah577/
Seftia50251/
Qibtia50188/
Kivtia5017/
Siwtia502/
Cewtia501/
Gibtia501/

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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 Ciftja
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