Maçaj Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Maçaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 133 | 1:21,910 | 3,704 |
| Kosovo | 3 | 1:620,623 | 10,771 |
The alternate forms: Macaj (405), Mačaj (62), Maćaj (1) & Máčaj (144) are calculated separately.
Maçaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maçaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maçaj is borne by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Macaj, Mačaj, Maćaj or Máčaj. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maçaj? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,527,735th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Maçaj reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Albania, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 21,910. In Albania Maçaj is mostly concentrated in: Shkodër County, where 65 percent are found, Lezhë County, where 16 percent are found and Vlorë County, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Albania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Kosovo, where 2 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 Maçaj
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