Gocaj Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Gocaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 193 | 1:15,099 | 2,708 |
| United States | 68 | 1:5,330,278 | 267,385 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Goçaj (211) & Gočaj (1) are calculated separately.
Gocaj Demographics
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Gocaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gocaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gocaj is borne by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Goçaj or Gočaj. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gocaj? popularity and diffusion
Gocaj is the 935,326th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Gocaj are found; 70 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent are found in Albano-Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Albania, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 15,099. In Albania it is most numerous in: Shkodër County, where 94 percent are found, Tirana County, where 3 percent are found and Durrës County, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Albania Gocaj exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Gocaj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gocaj last name are 40.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.33% registered with the political party.
Gocaj earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 41.33% more than the national average, earning $60,981 USD per year.
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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 Gocaj
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