Explore the Family Name Gjonaj

The meaning of Gjonaj

Albanian (also Montenegro): 1. patronymic from the personal name Gjon, an equivalent of John. 2. from the name of the Gjonaj brotherhoods or clans of the northern Albanian Hoti and Triepshi tribes. The name is a patronymic (see 1 above). In Montenegro the surname is usually found in the Serbianized form Đonaj.

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How common is the last name Gjonaj in the United States?

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Gjonaj has seen a significant increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 74,164th most common surname, whereas in 2010 it had risen to rank 60,636, reflecting an increase of 18.24%. The number of people carrying this surname in the U.S also increased during this period, growing from 243 to 332, a rise of 36.63%. The proportion of people named Gjonaj per 100,000 also rose from 0.09 to 0.11, marking a 22.22% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#74,164	#60,636	18.24%
Count	243	332	36.63%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.11	22.22%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gjonaj

Regarding ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the vast majority of individuals with the surname Gjonaj identify as White, with the percentage increasing from 86.42% in 2000 to 98.19% in 2010. In 2000, 12.76% of those with the surname identified as having two or more ethnic identities, however, by 2010, this number had dropped to zero. There were no recorded instances of individuals with the surname Gjonaj identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	86.42%	98.19%	13.62%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	12.76%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%