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
The surname Gjetja is carried by more people in Albania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gjetja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,214,709th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gjetja reside; 94 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
The last name Gjetja is most commonly used in Albania, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 16,100. In Albania it is most numerous in: Lezhë County, where 50 percent are found, Shkodër County, where 46 percent are found and Tirana County, where 3 percent are found. Beside Albania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found 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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