Lesaj Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Lesaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 135 | 1:21,586 | 3,663 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Lešaj (15) are calculated separately.
Lesaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lesaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lesaj is found in Albania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Lešaj. Click here for other potential spellings of Lesaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesaj? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,214,709th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The surname Lesaj occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Lesaj reside; 73 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 70 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
Lesaj is most widely held in Albania, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 21,586. In Albania it is mostly concentrated in: Lezhë County, where 79 percent live, Shkodër County, where 11 percent live and Tirana County, where 9 percent live. Excluding Albania this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 15 percent live and Slovakia, where 5 percent live.
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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 Lesaj
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