Sykja Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Sykja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sykja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Albania241:121,41910,681
Italy21:30,578,344160,757

Sykja Last Name Facts

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

Sykja occurs more in Albania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sykja.

How Common Is The Last Name Sykja? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sykja is the 3,882,373rd most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sykja are found; 92 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent are found in Albano-Europe.

The last name Sykja is most widely held in Albania, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 121,419. In Albania it is mostly found in: Shkodër County, where 63 percent live and Tirana County, where 38 percent live. Not including Albania it is found in one country. It is also found in Italy, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sykhija831/
Sekja8019/
Sykia804/
Sikja801/
Syksai73150/
Sekija7338/
Sykias7331/
Syksay7326/
Saykia7324/
Soykia7310/
Saykya7310/
Sikija732/
Syokia731/
Shekja731/
Sykkia731/
Saykea731/
Shykia730/
Sekajja671,142/
Saikija6710/
Shaykya676/
Sekaija673/
Ssekija671/
Sajkjad671/
Shaikja671/
Shekjha671/
Shikjha671/
Sekujja671/
Shykkha671/

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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 Sykja
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