Ćulaja Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Ćulaja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ćulaja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia141:510,35319,964
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143

The alternate forms: Čulaja (4) & Culaja (3) are calculated separately.

Ćulaja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ćulaja is borne by more people in Serbia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Čulaja or Culaja. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ćulaja? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Ćulaja occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ćulaja are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

Ćulaja is most frequently held in Serbia, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 510,353. In Serbia it is mostly concentrated in: Srem District, where 93 percent live and South Bačka District, where 7 percent live. Excluding Serbia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 11 percent live and Croatia, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Čulaja944/
Culaja943/
Ćula801/
Dzulaja771/
Çulaj73287/
Culaj73208/
Zulhajah716/
Colaja67159/
Çullaj67116/
Culaia6723/
Cullaj6711/
Zulaia677/
Culaji676/
Dzulaj675/
Çulhaj673/
Zulaya672/
Culhaj671/
Tsulaa671/

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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
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  • 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 Ćulaja
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