Sylkaj Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Sylkaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 161 | 1:11,564 | 1,665 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
Sylkaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sylkaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sylkaj is carried by more people in Kosovo than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sylkaj? popularity and diffusion
Sylkaj is the 1,206,588th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. The surname Sylkaj is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sylkaj are found; 83 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 83 percent are found in Albano-Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Kosovo, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 11,564. In Kosovo Sylkaj is mostly concentrated in: District of Pristina, where 83 percent live, District of Peja, where 12 percent live and District of Mitrovica, where 4 percent live. Excluding Kosovo Sylkaj exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 9 percent live and Sweden, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylka | 91 | 2,922 | / |
| Szylka | 83 | 155 | / |
| Shylka | 83 | 33 | / |
| Ssylka | 83 | 13 | / |
| Sylkay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Selka | 73 | 2,115 | / |
| Silka | 73 | 1,014 | / |
| Cylka | 73 | 582 | / |
| Sylke | 73 | 52 | / |
| Sylqa | 73 | 28 | / |
| Sylky | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sylca | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shchylka | 71 | 26 | / |
| Szelka | 67 | 271 | / |
| Shilka | 67 | 269 | / |
| Zsilka | 67 | 211 | / |
| Shelka | 67 | 139 | / |
| Szylke | 67 | 108 | / |
| Sielka | 67 | 61 | / |
| Shylke | 67 | 32 | / |
| Sellka | 67 | 20 | / |
| Silkka | 67 | 12 | / |
| Szilka | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sylkys | 67 | 4 | / |
| Selkha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Selkae | 67 | 4 | / |
| Soelka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Selkah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suelka | 67 | 0 | / |
| Silkae | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sylkaj
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