Murtezaj Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kosovo
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Murtezaj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murtezaj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kosovo2691:6,9211,140
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Slovenia111:226,15215,984
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
England41:13,929,515290,718
Albania31:971,35222,477
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
France21:33,211,361423,184
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Murtezaj Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murtezaj is held by more people in Kosovo than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Murtezaj? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 835,661st most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Murtezaj live; 88 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 82 percent live in Albano-Europe.

It is most commonly used in Kosovo, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 6,921. In Kosovo Murtezaj is most prevalent in: District of Mitrovica, where 46 percent live, District of Peja, where 34 percent live and District of Prizren, where 13 percent live. Besides Kosovo this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 4 percent live and Slovenia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murtezaja9422/
Murteza93666/
Murtezai8873/
Mourteza8859/
Murtezas8816/
Mourtezas8216/
Morteza8012,383/
Murtezi801,856/
Murtiza80690/
Murteja80134/
Mürteza803/
Murtyza802/
Murtezić75180/
Mortezai7552/
Murtteja7528/
Mourteji7510/
Mortezza755/
Murtaiza755/
Murtizha751/
Murtizza751/
Murtheja751/
Maurtiza751/
Mortezaie714,169/
Mortezaia712/
Mortezayi712/
Murteejaa711/
Murtedzhi711/
Mortezaah711/
Mourtezos711/
Mürteze67146/
Murtija6743/
Murtesi6721/
Murtise6710/
Murtidjaja679/
Murtiji675/
Mortezi672/
Murtizi671/
Mortesa671/
Mortiza671/
Morteze671/
Murteši671/
Murtice670/

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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
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  • 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 Murtezaj
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