Karkelja Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Karkelja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 133 | 1:26,589 | 4,303 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
Karkelja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karkelja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karkelja is carried by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkelja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karkelja is the 1,518,885th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name Karkelja occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Karkelja reside; 98 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Karkelja is most frequently occurring in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 26,589. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Karkelja is mostly concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent are found. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 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 Karkelja
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