Salijaj Surname
Approximately 436 people bear this surname
Salijaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 322 | 1:5,782 | 984 |
| Switzerland | 36 | 1:228,137 | 19,301 |
| Slovenia | 27 | 1:92,136 | 11,211 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Salijaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salijaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salijaj is borne by more people in Kosovo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salijaj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 681,965th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 16,714,555 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Salijaj live; 81 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 74 percent live in Albano-Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in Kosovo, where it is held by 322 people, or 1 in 5,782. In Kosovo Salijaj is primarily concentrated in: District of Peja, where 69 percent are found, District of Ferizaj, where 28 percent are found and District of Mitrovica, where 2 percent are found. Besides Kosovo this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 8 percent are found and Slovenia, where 6 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 Salijaj
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