Junčaj

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Junčaj is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Albanian Junçaj.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 591K(measured from records)
  • MEMontenegro≈1 in 103K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 525K

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.

United States (measured from records)

563 people, 2010

Sources
114 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 103K (inferred from the name graph)

Montenegro, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Juncaj in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Albanian Junçaj.

Sources 1

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Junčaj 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.

Where Junčaj is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—5631 in 591K626Juncaj114
IT Italy—≈46 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Juncaj3
DE Germany—≈29 est.≈1 in 2.8M—Juncaj4
GB United Kingdom—≈26 est.≈1 in 2.6M—Juncaj4
CA Canada—≈24 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Juncaj10
CH Switzerland—161 in 525K16—1
AT Austria—≈11 est.≈1 in 830K—Juncaj4
ME Montenegro#556≈6 est.≈1 in 103K—Junčaj4
HR Croatia—≈4 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Junčaj4
UM U.S. Outlying Islands#203———Juncaj1

563 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Junčaj is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Egypt

    Also written Juncaj, Junçaj

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Junčaj under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Junčaj mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Albanian Junçaj. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Junčaj have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 563 people named Junčaj, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled juncaj.
How common is the name Junčaj?
In the United States, the national register counted 563 people named Junčaj in 2010, about 1 in 591 thousand residents.
How common is Junčaj compared with other names?
In U.S. Outlying Islands, Junčaj is the 203rd most common surname of 1,580 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Junčaj” — the 203rd most common surname in U.S. Outlying Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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