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Lists Of Most Common Surnames In European Countries
This article contains lists of the most common surnames in most of the countries of Europe, including Armenia, Kosovo, and five transcontinental countries but excluding five European microstates. Countries are arranged in alphabetical order. Albania At the moment, listings for the most common names are unavailable for Albania. However the most common names include the following: * Common names denoting profession. Of these, religious professional names have been particularly widespread, including Hoxha (a Muslim priest, Sunni or Bektashi, with its variant Hoxhaj), Prifti (a Christian priest, Catholic or Orthodox), Shehu (a Bektashi priest) and Dervishi (Bektashi clergy). Bektashi itself is also a common surname. Ironically, Hoxha was the surname of Enver Hoxha, the leader of Communist Albania who banned all religions. There are numerous other professional names which are not as common. Begu also denotes a former ruler and also the surname(s) Gjoni or Gjonaj. * Common n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murati (surname)
Murati is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Agim Murati (1953 – 2005), Albanian footballer * Aljmir Murati (born 1985), Swiss footballer * Edvin Murati (born 1975), Albanian former footballer * Emir Murati (born 2000), Italian footballer * Eva Murati (born 1995), Albanian actress and TV host * Lili Muráti (1914–2003), Hungarian actress * Hekuran Murati (born 1987), Kosovar Albanian economist and politician * Mevlan Murati (born 1994), Macedonian footballer * Mira Murati (born 1988), Albanian engineer, researcher, and tech executive See also * Murati Lake {{Surname Albanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjoka
Gjoka is an Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ... surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ernest Gjoka (born 1970), Albanian football coach * Lola Gjoka (1910–1985), Albanian pianist * Pjetër Gjoka (1912–1982), Albanian film and theatre actor * Sokol Gjoka, Albanian diplomat {{Surname Albanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjonaj
Gjonaj is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adriana Gjonaj, Albanian politician * Algert Gjonaj (born 1987), Albanian basketball player * Etilda Gjonaj (born 1981), Albanian politician * Kujtim Gjonaj (1946–2021), Albanian screenwriter * Mark Gjonaj, American politician * Salvador Gjonaj (born 1992), Albanian footballer It is also a geological name: * Gjonaj, Prizren, village in Kosovo See also * Gjoni {{surname Albanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bektashi Order
Bektashism (, ) is a Sufi order of Islam that evolved in 13th-century western Anatolia and became widespread in the Ottoman Empire. It is named after the ''walī'' "saint" Haji Bektash Veli, with adherents called Bektashis. The Bektashi community is currently led by Baba Mondi, the eighth ''Dedebaba'', whose seat is at the order’s headquarters in Tirana, Albania. The Bektashis were originally one of many Sufi orders within Sunni Islam. By the 16th century, the order had adopted some tenets of Twelver Shi'ism—including veneration of Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, and the Twelve Imams—as well as a variety of syncretic beliefs. The Bektashis acquired political importance in the 15th century when the order dominated the Janissary Corps. After the foundation of Turkey, the country's leader, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, banned religious institutions that were not part of the Directorate of Religious Affairs, and the community's headquarters reloca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gashi (surname)
Gashi is a northern Albanian surname associated with the Gashi tribe. It is the second most common surname in Kosovo. Notable people with the surname include: People Momonym * Gashi (rapper), or Labinot "Larry" Gashi, an American rapper of Albanian descent, formerly known as The Kid Gashi * Gashi (singer) or Gëzim Gashi (born 1990), a Swedish singer of Kosovan origin Surname * Ardian Gashi (born 1981), Norwegian footballer * Arsim Gashi (born 1983), Swedish footballer * Dardan Gashi, Kosovar politician * Ervin Gashi (born 1990), Swiss footballer * Ibrahim Gashi, (born 1963), Kosovar scientist of policy and diplomacy * Krenar Gashi, Kosovar journalist * Mirko Gashi (1939–1995), Yugoslav writer * Shaban Gashi (1939–1990), Yugoslav cinematographer and photographer * Shkëlzen Gashi (born 1988), Swiss footballer * Zef Gashi (born 1938), Montenegrin Roman Catholic prelate * Zyrafete Gashi (1957–2013), Kosovar comedian References {{surname, Gashi Albanian-language surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasniqi
Krasniqi is a historical Albanian tribe and region in the Accursed Mountains in northeastern Albania, bordering Kosovo. The region lies within the Tropoje District and is part of a wider area between Albania and Kosovo that is historically known as '' Gjakova highlands'' (Highlands of Gjakova). Krasniqi stretches from the Valbona river in the north to Lake Fierza in the south and includes the town Bajram Curri. Members of the Krasniqi tribe are also found in Kosovo and North Macedonia. Geography The region is called Krasniqe (''Krasniqja'' in definite Albanian) and its people are called ''Krasniqë''. The Krasniqi region is situated in the District of Tropoja and stretches from the Montenegrin border in the north to Lake Fierza in the south, from the Mërturi region in the west to the District of Has in the east, and includes most of the upper Valbona valley. It borders on the traditional tribal regions of Bugjoni to the south, Gashi to the northeast, Nikaj-Mërtur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berisha (surname)
Berisha is an Albanian surname derived from the Berisha tribe in northern Albania. It is found mainly in northern Albania and Kosovo. It may refer to: * Anton Berisha (born 1946), Albanian scholar and folklorist * Bekim Berisha (1966–1998), Kosovar soldier * Bernard Berisha (born 1991), Kosovar footballer * Besart Berisha (born 1985), Kosovar Albanian footballer * Dardan Berisha (born 1988), Polish Kosovar basketball player * Demo Beriša (born 1963), Serbian military officer and government minister * Ergün Berisha (born 1988), Turkish footballer * Etrit Berisha (born 1989), Albanian footballer * Fadil Berisha (born 1973), Albanian American photographer * Florian Berisha (born 1990), Swiss footballer * Ilir Berisha (born 1991), Kosovar Albanian footballer * Johan Berisha (born 1979), Swiss footballer * Kolë Berisha (1947–2021), Kosovar politician * Liri Berisha (born 1948), Albanian pediatrician and wife of Sali Berisha * Mërgim Berisha (born 1998), German fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shkreli (tribe)
Shkreli is a historical Albanian tribe and region in the Malësia Madhe region of northern Albania and is majority Catholic. With the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, part of the tribe migrated to Rugova in Western Kosovo beginning around 1700, after which they continued to migrate into the Lower Pešter and Sandžak regions (today in Serbia and Montenegro). The part of the Shkreli tribe that migrated to Kosovo converted to Islam in the 18th century and maintained the Albanian language as their mother tongue. Some members of the Shkreli within the Pešter region and in Sandžak (known as Škrijelj/) converted to Islam and became Slavophones by the 20th century, which as of today they now self-identify as part of the Bosniak ethnicity, although in the Pešter plateau they partly utilized the Albanian language until the middle of the 20th century. The Shkreli in Albania and Montenegro are predominantly Catholic. The Shkreli tribe's patron saint is St. Nicholas (Shënkoll). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelmendi
Kelmendi is a historical Albanian tribes, Albanian tribe (''fis'') and region in Malësia (Kelmend (municipality), Kelmend municipality) and eastern Montenegro (parts of Gusinje Municipality). It is located in the upper valley of the Cem (river), Cem river and its tributaries in the Accursed Mountains range of the Dinaric Alps. The Vermosh river springs in the Vermosh, village of the same name, which is Albania's northernmost village. Vermosh pours into Lake Plav. Kelmendi is mentioned as early as the 14th century and as a territorial tribe it developed in the 15th century. In the Balkans, it is widely known historically for its longtime resistance to the Ottoman Empire and its extensive battles and raids against the Ottomans which reached as far north as Bosnia and as far east as Bulgaria. By the 17th century, they had grown so much in numbers and strength that their name was sometimes used for all tribes of northern Albania and Montenegro. The Ottomans tried se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cham Albanians
Cham Albanians or Chams (; , ), are a sub-group of Albanians who originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in southwestern Albania and northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Chameria. The Chams have their own particular cultural identity within Albanian sub-groups. A number of Chams contributed to the Albanian National Awakening, Albanian national identity and played an important role in starting the renaissance of the Albanian culture in the 19th century. The Chams speak their own Albanian dialects, dialect of the Albanian language, the Cham Albanian dialect, which is a Southern Tosk Albanian dialect and one of the two most conservative ones; the other being Arvanitika. During the late 1930s Chams suffered from intimidation and persecution under the 4th of August Regime, dictatorship of General Ioannis Metaxas, Metaxas. Following the Italian invasion of Albania, Italian occupation of Albania in 1939, the Chams became a prominent propaganda t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tosk Albanians
Tosk ( sq-definite, toskërishtja) is the southern group of dialects of the Albanian language, spoken by the ethnographic group known as Tosks. The line of demarcation between Tosk and Gheg (the northern variety) is the Shkumbin River. Tosk is the basis of the standard Albanian language. Major Tosk-speaking groups include the Myzeqars of Myzeqe, Labs of Labëria, Chams of Çamëria, Arvanites of Greece and the Arbëreshë of Italy, as well as the original inhabitants of Mandritsa in Bulgaria. In North Macedonia, there were approximately 3000 speakers in the early 1980s. Tosk features * Rhotacism: Proto-Albanian ''*-n-'' becomes ''-r-'' (e.g. ''rëra'' "sand") * Tosk dialects preserve the consonant sequences ''mb'', ''ngj'' and ''nd'' which are assimilated to ''m'', ''nj'' and ''n'' in Gheg. * Proto-Albanian ''*ō'' becomes ''va''. * Nasal vowels: There is a lack of nasal vowels in Tosk (e.g. ''sy'' "eye") and Late Proto-Albanian ''*â'' plus a nasal becomes ''ë'' (e.g. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
