Gjetja Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Gjetja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 181 | 1:16,100 | 2,859 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gjetja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gjetja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gjetja is most common in Albania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gjetja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,214,709th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. The surname Gjetja occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gjetja live; 94 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent live in Albano-Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Albania, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 16,100. In Albania it is mostly found in: Lezhë County, where 50 percent are found, Shkodër County, where 46 percent are found and Tirana County, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Albania it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Gjetja
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