Čurčija Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Čurčija Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Čurčija Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1071:39,5207,927
Bosnia and Herzegovina161:221,02511,534
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Ćurčija (607), Čurćija (19), Curcija (163), Çurçija (22) & Ćurćija (12) are calculated separately.

Čurčija Last Name Facts

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

The last name Čurčija is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Ćurčija, Čurćija, Curcija, Çurçija or Ćurćija. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Čurčija? popularity and diffusion

The surname Čurčija is the 1,612,213th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Čurčija reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most common in Croatia, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 39,520. In Croatia Čurčija is most numerous in: Karlovac County, where 21 percent live, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, where 20 percent live and Split-Dalmatia County, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Croatia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 13 percent live and Kosovo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ćurčija95607/
Čurćija9519/
Curcija90163/
Çurçija9022/
Ćurćija9012/
Gurzija711/
Garsija576/
Garcija571/
Gracija571/
Garažija535/
Garacija535/

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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 Čurčija
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