Shqiponja Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Shqiponja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shqiponja Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Albania161:182,12812,899
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shqiponja (2,001) may also be a first name.

Shqiponja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shqiponja is found in Albania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shqiponja? popularity and diffusion

Shqiponja is the 4,427,875th most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Shqiponja is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Shqiponja are found; 90 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent are found in Albano-Europe. Shqiponja is also the 168,966th most common given name worldwide, held by 2,001 people.

This surname is most frequent in Albania, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 182,128. In Albania it is primarily found in: Tirana County, where 75 percent are found and Elbasan County, where 25 percent are found. Not including Albania Shqiponja occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 10 percent are found and Switzerland, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shqiponje893/
Shekibanja631/
Schepanya561/
Skeponiah560/
Shogbiyanju5043/
Shogbiyanjo502/

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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 Shqiponja
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