Jakelja Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Jakelja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Jakelja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jakelja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jakelja is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jakelja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Jakelja live; 52 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 52 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Croatia, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 325,277. In Croatia it is most numerous in: Karlovac County, where 54 percent are found, Split-Dalmatia County, where 15 percent are found and Vukovar-Srijem County, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Croatia Jakelja is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 11 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 Jakelja
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