Leshnja Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Leshnja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Leshnja Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Albania441:66,2297,750
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Leshnja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leshnja occurs in Albania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leshnja? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Leshnja reside; 94 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Albano-Europe.

It is most numerous in Albania, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 66,229. In Albania it is mostly found in: Korçë County, where 86 percent reside, Tirana County, where 9 percent reside and Vlorë County, where 5 percent reside. Beside Albania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lesnia7732/
Lechnia7126/
Lesinjo714/
Lishnia713/
Loshnia711/
Loshnya711/
Lezinja711/
Lesniat711/
Les'nia711/
Lisendja6762/

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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 Leshnja
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