Preja Surname
Approximately 388 people bear this surname
Preja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 268 | 1:74,917 | 8,887 |
| Albania | 73 | 1:39,919 | 5,672 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Preja (33) may also be a first name.
Preja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Preja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Preja (Hindi: प्रेजा) occurs most in Romania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Preja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 742,570th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. Preja occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Preja live; 73 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,807,719th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 33 people.
Preja is most common in Romania, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 74,917. In Romania it is most frequent in: Alba County, where 49 percent are found, Cluj County, where 34 percent are found and Constanța County, where 16 percent are found. Other than Romania this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 19 percent are found and Greece, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Preja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Preja in the Hindi language | ||
| प्रेजा | preja | - |
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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 Preja
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