Lelja Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Lelja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lelja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Albania61:485,67618,535
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Lelja (29) may also be a first name.

Lelja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lelja Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lelja occurs most in Albania. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lelja? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Lelja live; 71 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 43 percent live in Albano-Europe. It is also the 1,951,561st most common first name on earth, borne by 29 people.

Lelja is most numerous in Albania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 485,676. In Albania Lelja is most prevalent in: Durrës County, where 100 percent reside. Beside Albania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 29 percent reside.

Lelja Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lelja has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lelja last name rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leldja911/
Lilja8010,402/
Lelea80744/
Lolja8047/
Lalja806/
Lelje805/
Lelsa805/
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Lylja801/
Laelijah7715/
Lellza73413/
Liljas7392/
Lelçaj7369/
Lilija7368/
Lealea7353/
Lillja7350/
Leliah7329/
Lelcaj7324/
Leliea7316/
Lehlea7312/
Lalija7311/
Lelzai7310/
Laalja739/
Leelea734/
Leleae732/
Leleai732/
Leleau732/
Leliha732/
Liljay731/
Laljha731/
Lelcha731/
Liljea730/
Laeliah67228/
Lelchat6782/
Leeleea6740/
Lellzai6727/
Leleuya6714/
Leale'a678/
Lilljha677/
Leleaee676/
Lalujja675/
Laeliha675/
Leleyea672/
Lelshaj672/
Lelagio671/
Lilijay671/
Leloiya671/
Leileah671/
Lelaiya671/
Lehleha671/

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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 Lelja
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