Čaja Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Čaja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Čaja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia841:63,52912,320
Czechia391:272,65335,847
Serbia131:549,61120,712
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990

The alternate forms: Caja (7,830), Ćaja (16), Çaja (10), Čája (3) & Cajá (10) are calculated separately.

Čaja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Čaja is most common in Slovakia. It may appear in the variant forms: Caja, Ćaja, Çaja, Čája or Cajá. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Čaja? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,497,948th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Čaja live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Slovakia, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 63,529. In Slovakia Čaja is most prevalent in: Trenčín Region, where 40 percent live, Banská Bystrica Region, where 21 percent live and Košice Region, where 19 percent live. Beside Slovakia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 28 percent live and Serbia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Caja927,830/
Ćaja9216/
Çaja9210/
Čája923/
Čaj8628/
Cajá8310/
Čehaja80163/
Čajo75234/
Čaňa7514/
Čađa7511/
Čoja756/
Čuja753/
Čaji751/
Čaje751/
Czaja6722,434/
Chaja67550/
Dzaja67160/
Csaja6772/
Ciaja6717/
Zajah6715/
Tsaja675/
Cajah671/
Ča671/
Zsaja671/
Tzaja671/

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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 Čaja
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