Shakaj Surname
Approximately 318 people bear this surname
Shakaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 276 | 1:10,558 | 1,976 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Shakaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shakaj (Marathi: शाकाज) is found most in Albania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakaj? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 857,026th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. The surname Shakaj is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Shakaj are found; 93 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent are found in Albano-Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Albania, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 10,558. In Albania Shakaj is most frequent in: Vlorë County, where 54 percent are found, Tirana County, where 23 percent are found and Elbasan County, where 9 percent are found. Beside Albania this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 6 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shakaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shakaj in the Marathi language | ||
| शाकाज | sakaja | - |
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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
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- 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 Shakaj
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