Širaj Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Širaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 92 | 1:27,040 | 5,656 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 1:485,132 | 57,527 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Siraj (163,112) are calculated separately.
Širaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Širaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Širaj is borne by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Siraj. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Širaj? popularity and diffusion
Širaj is the 1,718,748th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Širaj are found; 81 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Slovenia, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 27,040. In Slovenia Širaj is most common in: Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 67 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 21 percent live and Southeast Slovenia, where 12 percent live. Other than Slovenia Širaj is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 10 percent live and Czechia, where 8 percent live.
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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 Širaj
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