Gjemaj Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Gjemaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 143 | 1:13,020 | 1,821 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Gjemaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gjemaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gjemaj is more commonly found in Kosovo than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gjemaj click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gjemaj? popularity and diffusion
Gjemaj is the 1,409,418th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gjemaj are found; 94 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent are found in Albano-Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Kosovo, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 13,020. In Kosovo Gjemaj is most numerous in: District of Prizren, where 81 percent live, District of Peja, where 13 percent live and District of Gjakova, where 6 percent live. Apart from Kosovo this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 5 percent live and Albania, 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 Gjemaj
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