Polja Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Polja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 9 | 1:323,784 | 16,217 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Polja (57) may also be a first name.
Polja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polja is found most in Albania. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Polja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Polja is the 5,812,366th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Polja reside; 82 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 82 percent reside in Albano-Europe. It is also the 1,308,380th most widely held given name on earth, held by 57 people.
The surname is most widespread in Albania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 323,784. In Albania Polja is most common in: Elbasan County, where 78 percent are found, Berat County, where 11 percent are found and Shkodër County, where 11 percent are found. Barring Albania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 9 percent are found and Sweden, where 9 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 Polja
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