Franja Surname
Approximately 336 people bear this surname
Franja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 187 | 1:15,583 | 2,777 |
| Croatia | 72 | 1:58,731 | 10,978 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Franja (3,135) may also be a first name.
Franja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Franja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Franja (Arabic: فرانيا) is carried by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Franja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Franja is the 825,152nd most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 21,689,125 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Franja live; 78 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 56 percent live in Albano-Europe. Franja is also the 128,578th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 3,135 people.
The last name is most numerous in Albania, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 15,583. In Albania it is primarily concentrated in: Shkodër County, where 96 percent live, Lezhë County, where 3 percent live and Tirana County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Albania Franja is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 21 percent live and Portugal, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Franja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Franja in the Arabic language | ||
| فرانيا | franya | - |
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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 Franja
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