Ćenaj Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Ćenaj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ćenaj 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
Croatia171:248,74126,882
Kosovo111:169,2616,833
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Cenaj (6,160), Çenaj (45) & Čenaj (18) are calculated separately.

Ćenaj Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ćenaj is found most in Croatia. It can be found in the variant forms: Cenaj, Çenaj or Čenaj. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ćenaj? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,665,662nd most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. Ćenaj occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ćenaj live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 62 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 248,741. In Croatia Ćenaj is most frequent in: City of Zagreb, where 76 percent live, Istria County, where 12 percent live and Osijek-Baranja County, where 12 percent live. Beside Croatia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kosovo, where 38 percent live and Serbia, where 3 percent live.

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
Cenaj936,160/
Çenaj9345/
Čenaj9318/
Cenaji73602/
Zejnaj73219/
Cenajo7364/
Čengaj734/
Cienaj731/
Cena6725,704/
Zena6723,447/
Chenaji67488/
Çena6711/
Zehenaj671/
Cienaji671/
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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 Ćenaj
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