Sleja Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Sleja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 53 | 1:38,680 | 5,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sleja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sleja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sleja (Marathi: लेजा) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sleja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sleja is the 2,580,327th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Sleja live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Latvia, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 38,680. In Latvia it is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 96 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 2 percent live and Latgale, where 2 percent live. Besides Latvia Sleja occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent live and Poland, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sleja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sleja in the Marathi language | ||
| लेजा | leja | - |
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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 Sleja
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