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
The last name Lesaj is borne by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Lešaj. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesaj? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,214,709th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Lesaj reside; 73 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 70 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
The surname is most common 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 reside, Shkodër County, where 11 percent reside and Tirana County, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Albania this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 15 percent reside and Slovakia, where 5 percent reside.
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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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