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List Of Most Common Surnames In Europe
This is a list of the most common surnames in Europe, sorted by country. 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 names which originated as patrinomials. Common names of this sort include Leka or Lekaj (Alex), Gjoni or Gjonaj (John), Murati (Murad), Mehmeti (Mehmed), Hysi (typica ...
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Hoxha (surname)
Hoxha () is an Albanian surname, derived from the Persian title ''khawaja'' ("master") via Turkish ''hoca''. It is the most common surname in Albania. "Hoxha" could refer to several people: * Enver Hoxha (1908–1985), Communist leader of Albania in 1944–1985 * Iljas Mirahori (Iljaz Hoxha), 15th-century Albanian Janissary, scientist, and teacher of an Ottoman sultan * Hysen Hoxha (1861–1934), a signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence; uncle of Enver Hoxha * Fadil Hoxha (1916–2001), Yugoslav politician and Kosovo's leader during the time of Tito * Nexhmije Hoxha (1921–2020), Albanian politician, wife of Enver Hoxha * Luan Hoxha (born 1960), Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Albania in 2006–2008 * Anna Hoxha (stage name: Anna Oxa) (born 1961), Italian singer * Ferit Hoxha (born 1967), Albanian diplomat * Dritan Hoxha (1968–2008), Albanian businessman * Erand Hoxha (born 1985), Albanian footballer * Rigers Hoxha (born 1985), Albanian footballer * ...
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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 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/ sr, Шкријељ) 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 (Shënk ...
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Halili (name)
Halili may refer to the following people: ;Given name * Halili Nagime (born 1993), Brazilian-American association football player ;Surname * Abu Zubayr Al Halili, suspected member of al-Qaeda in Morocco * Antonio Halili (1946–2018), Filipino politician * Argjent Halili (born 1982), Albanian football goalkeeper * Dave Halili, American fine arts illustrator and graphic designer * Grent Halili (born 1998), Albanian football forward * Katrina Halili (born 1986), Filipina actress and model * Mahir Halili (born 1975), Albanian football player * Mico Halili, Filipino sports journalist * Ndriqim Halili (born 1993), German–Albanian football player * Nevzat Halili (born 1946), Macedonian politician * Refik Halili, chairman and main sponsor of KF Tirana, Albania * Sheena Halili (born 1987), Filipina actress * Skënder Halili (1940–1982), Albanian football player ** Skënder Halili Complex The Skënder Halili Complex is the sports training facility and academy headquarters of Alba ...
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Sinani
Sinani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Danel Sinani (born 1997), Luxembourgish footballer *Gazmend Sinani (1991–2018), Kosovo Albanian basketball player *Ismet Sinani (born 1999), Kosovan footballer *Sehid Sinani (born 1982), Swiss footballer *Tahir Sinani (1964–2001), Albanian insurgent *Vioresin Sinani Vioresin Sinani (born 4 November 1977) is an Albanian former footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his career at Vllaznia Shkodër as well as stints with Dinamo Tirana, Tirana and Besa Kavajë in Albania. He also played ... (born 1977), *Boris Naumovich Sinani (1851–1922), Jewish Karaite doctor References {{surname Albanian-language surnames ...
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Brahimi
Brahimi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abdelhamid Brahimi (1936-2021), Algerian politician and Prime Minister * Farès Brahimi, Algerian football (soccer) player *Guillaume Brahimi, French-born chef based in Sydney, Australia *Lakhdar Brahimi, chairman of a United Nations panel **Report of the Panel on United Nations Peacekeeping, more commonly referred to as the Brahimi Report, after the above chairman * Said Brahimi (1931-1997), Algerian-born French international football (soccer) player *Yacine Brahimi (born 1990), French-Algerian football player *Freeman (rapper), real name Malek Brahimi, French rapper *Princess Rym Princess Rym al-Ali (née Rym Brahimi; born 1969) is the Algerian wife of Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, whom she married on 7 September 2004. Early life She is the daughter of Lakhdar Brahimi, former Algerian Minister for Foreign Affairs ...
, real name Rym Brahimi, daughter of Lakhdar Brahimi, wife of Prince Ali bin Al Hussei ...
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Hasani
Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic, Irish, Scottish, or Jewish (Sephardic and Mizrahic) surname. Etymology and spelling There are several unrelated origins for this surname: * In Arabic, Hassan is a transliteration of two names that both derive from the Arabic language triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (): ' (), which means "good", "handsome", "excellent", or "favorable"; and ' ( حَسَّان), which means "benefactor". * In Ireland/Scotland, the surname Hassan is one of the anglicized forms of the Gaelic (Irish/ Scottish) form of Ó hOsáin. It is to be distinguished from Ó hOisín and Ó hOiseáin ( Hession and Hishon). In County Londonderry, where it is numerous, it is spelt Hassan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin and Hessin. In the Monaghan Hearth Money Rolls of 1663, it appears as O'Hassan. There was a Hasson of Wexford among the "principal gentlemen" of that county in 1598, but that family was no doubt of non-Gaelic stock, and a John Hassan was an influential merchant in Wexford fifty ...
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