Pecaj Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Pecaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 231 | 1:12,615 | 2,326 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Kosovo | 15 | 1:124,125 | 6,042 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Peçaj (32) are calculated separately.
Pecaj Demographics
Average Pecaj Salary in
United States
$51,181 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pecaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pecaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pecaj is carried by more people in Albania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Peçaj. Click here for other possible spellings of Pecaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Pecaj? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pecaj is the 950,707th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Pecaj are found; 90 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent are found in Albano-Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Albania, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 12,615. In Albania Pecaj is most common in: Shkodër County, where 96 percent live, Lezhë County, where 2 percent live and Vlorë County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Albania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and Kosovo, where 5 percent live.
Pecaj Last Name Statistics demography
Pecaj earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.61% more than the national average, earning $51,181 USD per year.
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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 Pecaj
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