Pershpalaj Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Pershpalaj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pershpalaj 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
Albania201:145,70311,666
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

The alternate forms: Përshpalaj (7) are calculated separately.

Pershpalaj Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pershpalaj is found most frequently in Albania. It may be rendered as: Përshpalaj. Click here for other potential spellings of Pershpalaj.

How Common Is The Last Name Pershpalaj? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Pershpalaj live; 84 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent live in Albano-Europe.

The surname Pershpalaj is most frequently held in Albania, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 145,703. In Albania it is primarily concentrated in: Shkodër County, where 40 percent reside, Tirana County, where 35 percent reside and Lezhë County, where 15 percent reside. Besides Albania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Greece, where 4 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
Përshpalaj977/
Pershpali8463/
Parshpalli703/
Perspolis632/

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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 Pershpalaj
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