Dragidella Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kosovo
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Dragidella Surname User-submission:

The Dragidella surname derives from a village that is nowadays located in Serbia. The village is called Dragi Deo and it used to be fully inhabited by Albanians back in the 1800s. After all Albanians were ethnically cleansed from there around 1881, families that escaped from village adapted the name of the village as their own surname.

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Dragidella Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kosovo1551:12,0121,713
Albania91:323,78416,217
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dragidella Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Dragidella surname derives from a village that is nowadays located in Serbia. The village is called Dragi Deo and it used to be fully inhabited by Albanians back in the 1800s. After all Albanians were ethnically cleansed from there around 1881, families that escaped from village adapted the name of the village as their own surname. Throughout decades the surname changed shape and became more Albanianized as a word. From Dragi Deo to Dragidella.

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Dragidella Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dragidella is more frequently found in Kosovo than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dragidella? popularity and diffusion

Dragidella is the 1,328,442nd most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Dragidella reside; 97 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Albano-Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Kosovo, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 12,012. In Kosovo it is primarily found in: District of Peja, where 40 percent reside, District of Pristina, where 36 percent reside and District of Mitrovica, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Kosovo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Dragidell951/
Doragedel741/
Tirigidolla671/
Draugedal6310/
Durgiai Diehl611/
Tirigidula603/
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