Gegaj
surname · Latin script
Meaning: second-person singular imperative of gegati
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/dʒɡaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gegaj is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kosovo than in any other country.
- XKKosovo≈1 in 3.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- SISlovenia1 in 29K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 56K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kosovo (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 54 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈620 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)second-person singular imperative of gegati
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world
(measured from records)Gegaj counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XK Kosovo | #782 | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | — | Gegaj | 4 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 149 | 1 in 56K | 149 | Gegaj | 9 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 461K | — | Gegaj | 5 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈82 est. | ≈1 in 980K | — | Gegaj | 26 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 72 | 1 in 29K | 72 | Gegaj | 2 |
| SE Sweden | — | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 275K | — | Gegaj | 7 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 265K | — | Gegaj | 11 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Ado Gegajb. 1958BABosnian-Herzegovinian singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)9 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 149 | #8,004 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 72 | #5,810 |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gegaj mean, and where does it come from?
- second-person singular imperative of gegati Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Gegaj?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒɡaɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Gegaj have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 623 people named Gegaj in Kosovo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gegaj.
- How common is the name Gegaj?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 149 people named Gegaj in 2024, about 1 in 56 thousand residents.
- How common is Gegaj compared with other names?
- In Kosovo, Gegaj is the 782nd most common surname of 4,329 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Gegaj?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gegajThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gegaj” — the 782nd most common surname in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.