Shqipe Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Shqipe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shqipe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Albania691:42,2335,855
Greece81:1,384,97486,362
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Shqipe (8,652) may also be a first name.

Shqipe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shqipe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shqipe has its highest incidence in Albania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shqipe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,994,173rd most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. Shqipe occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Shqipe are found; 89 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 78 percent are found in Albano-Europe. It is also the 67,495th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 8,652 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Albania, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 42,233. In Albania it is mostly concentrated in: Elbasan County, where 35 percent are found, Tirana County, where 30 percent are found and Durrës County, where 19 percent are found. Barring Albania this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 9 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shqipey921/
Shqipa838/
Schipe836/
Squipe833/
Sqip801/
Scheipe7753/
Zschipe774/
Squispe773/
Squeipe772/
Schipea771/
Squiper770/
Skipe732/
Shkip732/
Squip731/
Shqib731/
Shqypi67131/
Schipf67120/
Scheip6786/
Skhepe6710/
Shkipi672/
Shchip671/
Shqaib671/
Shkipa671/
Shquib671/
Scaipe670/
Skippe670/

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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 Shqipe
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