Sallja Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Sallja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 303 | 1:9,617 | 1,815 |
| Greece | 61 | 1:181,636 | 29,268 |
Sallja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sallja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sallja is borne by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sallja.
How Common Is The Last Name Sallja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sallja is the 778,856th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,020,731 people. The surname Sallja occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sallja are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 83 percent are found in Albano-Europe.
It is most commonly used in Albania, where it is borne by 303 people, or 1 in 9,617. In Albania Sallja is primarily concentrated in: Elbasan County, where 82 percent reside, Korçë County, where 18 percent reside and Gjirokastër County, where 0 percent reside. Besides Albania Sallja exists in one country. It is also common in Greece, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Sallja
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