Cleja Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Cleja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 73 | 1:275,039 | 25,390 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cleja (15) may also be a first name.
Cleja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cleja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cleja occurs most in Romania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cleja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,168,711th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Cleja reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Cleja is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Romania, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 275,039. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 92 percent live, Alba County, where 5 percent live and Cluj County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Romania Cleja occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and Greece, where 1 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 Cleja
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