Shoshaj Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Shoshaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 224 | 1:8,312 | 1,303 |
| Albania | 26 | 1:112,079 | 10,267 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Shoshaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoshaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shoshaj occurs more in Kosovo more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shoshaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoshaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 973,426th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Shoshaj reside; 94 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Kosovo, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 8,312. In Kosovo it is primarily found in: District of Peja, where 64 percent live, District of Prizren, where 33 percent live and District of Gjakova, where 3 percent live. Other than Kosovo this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 10 percent live and Switzerland, where 4 percent live.
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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 Shoshaj
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