Kraja
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kraja is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Albania than in any other country. Recorded meaning: genitive singular of kraj.
- USUnited States1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
- ALAlbania≈1 in 2.3K
- MEMontenegro≈1 in 31K
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.
- Albania (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 93 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,300 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Albania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
genitive singular of kraj
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kraja 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL Albania | #224 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Kraja | 48 |
| US United States | — | 299 | 1 in 1.1M | 363 | Kraja | 93 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 211K | — | Kraja | 10 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 169K | — | Kraja | 1 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 633K | — | Kraja | 35 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Kraja | 5 |
| ME Montenegro | — | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Kraja | 7 |
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. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Kraja is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Slovenian, theft
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Marie Krajab. 1911ALAlbanian opera singer (1911–1999)
- Norbert Krajab. 1930DEpolitician
- Arben Krajab. 1964ALAlbanian special prosecutor, former head of SPAK
- Alban Krajab. 1970ALAlbanian journalist and writer
- Ditmir Krajab. 1992NONorwegian kickboxer
- Arzana Krajafilm director
- Vesa Krajacostume designer
- Garentina KrajaUSAmerican politician
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 363 | #60,024 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 299 | #66,164 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 193 | #89,172 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Kraja mean, and where does it come from?
- genitive singular of kraj Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Kraja have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Kraja in Albania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kraja.
- How common is the name Kraja?
- In the United States, the national register counted 299 people named Kraja in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
- How common is Kraja compared with other names?
- In Albania, Kraja is the 224th most common surname of 16,055 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/krajaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Kraja” — the 224th most common surname in Albania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.