Shojay Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Shojay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shojay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shojay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shojay (Tibetan: ཆོས་རྒྱལ།) is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shojay? popularity and diffusion
Shojay is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Shojay occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Shojay reside; 67 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,923,378. In Sweden Shojay is most frequent in: Dalarna County, where 50 percent reside and Skåne County, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Sweden it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent reside and Iran, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shojay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shojay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆོས་རྒྱལ། | chögyal | - |
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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 Shojay
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