Çalaj Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Çalaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 123 | 1:23,692 | 3,947 |
| Kosovo | 72 | 1:25,859 | 2,757 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Calaj (60) are calculated separately.
Çalaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Çalaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Çalaj is most common in Albania. It can be found as: Calaj. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Çalaj? popularity and diffusion
Çalaj is the 1,202,518th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Çalaj are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Albano-Europe.
Çalaj is most commonly used in Albania, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 23,692. In Albania Çalaj is most prevalent in: Fier County, where 55 percent reside, Berat County, where 16 percent reside and Tirana County, where 15 percent reside. Besides Albania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kosovo, where 37 percent reside and Serbia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Çalaj
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