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
The surname Shoshaj occurs more in Kosovo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoshaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shoshaj is the 973,426th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. The surname Shoshaj occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Shoshaj reside; 94 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
The last name Shoshaj is most commonly held in Kosovo, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 8,312. In Kosovo Shoshaj is most frequent in: District of Peja, where 64 percent reside, District of Prizren, where 33 percent reside and District of Gjakova, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Kosovo it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 10 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 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 Shoshaj
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