Rexhep

Name: Rexhep: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · Albanian · Latin script

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

Rexhep is a given name, with more bearers in Albania than in any other country. In Kosovo it is the 55th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Albanian and German, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish رجب (receb), from Arabic رَجَب (rajab, literally “respect”). Compare Turkish Recep.

rarermore common

ALAlbania1 in 1.4K◐
XKKosovo1 in 564
SISlovenia1 in 26K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈2.6K ●
Sources: 59 ●
: 1 in 1.4K ◐

Meaning & origin●

Rexhep

Ottoman Turkishرجبreceb●
Arabicرَجَبrajab“respect”●

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish رجب (receb), from Arabic رَجَب (rajab, literally “respect”). Compare Turkish Recep.

Sources 1

Wiktionary

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Rexhep is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
AL Albania	#109	2,205	15K rec.	1 in 1.4K	2.2K	Rexhep	45
XK Kosovo	#55	837	2.1K rec.	—	7.8K	Rexhep	10
IT Italy	—	203	199 rec.	—	1	Rexhep	18
US United States	—	150	450 rec.	1 in 2.2M	150	Rexhep	59
CH Switzerland	—	114	92 rec.	—	—	Rexhep	23
SE Sweden	—	111△	25 rec.	1 in 92K	111	Rexhep	9
GB United Kingdom	—	97	28 rec.	—	—	Rexhep	16
SI Slovenia	—	80	79 rec.	1 in 26K	80	Rexhep	4
BE Belgium	—	31	39 rec.	—	18	Rexhep	7
RS Serbia	—	23	10 rec.	—	—	Rexhep	14
DK Denmark	—	22	—	1 in 267K	22	—	—
PL Poland	—	9	—	1 in 4.3M	9	—	—
HU Hungary	—	6	1 rec.	—	—	Rexhep	3
NO Norway	—	—	13 rec.	—	138	—	6
FI Finland	—	—	2 rec.	—	39	—	1
AT Austria	—	—	—	—	8	—	—
EE Estonia	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—

Roughly 2.2K people in Albania bear this name (about 1 in 1.4K). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Albanian13K78%
German8945%
Croatian8555%
English4673%
French3392%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Albanian	13,449	78%
German	894	5%
Croatian	855	5%
English	467	3%
French	339	2%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Rexhep is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

German given name1.8K records spelled Rexhep4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, Switzerland
Languages: German, English, Dutch
Also written Rëxhëp
Turkish given name114 records spelled Rexhep3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Kosovo, Türkiye
Also written Rèxhép

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Over time●

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Rexhep in ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search), Kosovo, 1862–2025
Year	records
1862	1
1870	2
1871	1
1875	3
1878	7
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	11
1886	3
1887	4
1888	3
1889	6
1890	6
1891	1
1892	4
1893	10
1894	8
1895	10
1896	6
1897	8
1898	14
1899	7
1900	32
1901	4
1902	17
1903	10
1904	15
1905	20
1906	18
1907	22
1908	22
1909	28
1910	41
1911	22
1912	31
1913	22
1914	26
1915	40
1916	22
1917	25
1918	36
1919	21
1920	59
1921	33
1922	54
1923	48
1924	50
1925	54
1926	42
1927	56
1928	69
1929	66
1930	62
1931	43
1932	55
1933	64
1934	62
1935	83
1936	89
1937	73
1938	86
1939	72
1940	103
1941	93
1942	100
1943	93
1944	95
1945	103
1946	128
1947	120
1948	101
1949	145
1950	142
1951	106
1952	138
1953	136
1954	185
1955	129
1956	135
1957	130
1958	119
1959	169
1960	138
1961	123
1962	122
1963	111
1964	121
1965	112
1966	115
1967	106
1968	113
1969	95
1970	95
1971	90
1972	114
1973	83
1974	70
1975	75
1976	66
1977	82
1978	76
1979	73
1980	91
1981	75
1982	58
1983	69
1984	62
1985	54
1986	52
1987	63
1988	55
1989	67
1990	41
1991	63
1992	45
1993	51
1994	45
1995	45
1996	41
1997	43
1998	43
1999	29
2000	38
2001	31
2002	23
2003	35
2004	32
2005	24
2006	31
2007	23
2008	32
2009	35
2010	22
2011	16
2012	23
2013	21
2014	21
2015	13
2016	13
2017	6
2018	9
2019	14
2020	9
2021	4
2022	9
2023	7
2024	5
2025	3

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 152 years between 1862–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Rexhep Vokab. 1847ALAlbanian writer
Rexhep Krasniqib. 1906ALAlbanian-American historian, teacher, nationalist, and anti-communist politician and activist (1906-1999)
Rexhep Maçib. 1912ALAlbanian footballer (1912-1980)
Rexhep Spahiub. 1923ALAlbanian footballer
Rexhep Qosjab. 1936XKAlbanian writer from Kosovo
Rexhep Ferrib. 1937XKKosovo Albanian artist and writer (1937–2024)
Rexhep Meidanib. 1944ALAlbanian politician
Rajab Alib. 1965KEnot in their usual namecricketer
Rexhep Meminib. 1994ALAlbanian association football player
Rexhep JusufiALAlbanian soldier

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●

Attested in 18 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Rexhep
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	—	7.8K	#8
AL Albania	INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)	—	2.2K	#170
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1954	185	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1959	169	—
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	150	#44,846
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1949	145	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1950	142	—
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	138	#6,205
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1960	138	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1952	138	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1953	136	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1956	135	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1957	130	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1955	129	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1946	128	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1961	123	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1962	122	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1964	121	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1947	120	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1958	119	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1966	115	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1972	114	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1968	113	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1965	112	—
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	111	#7,988
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1963	111	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1967	106	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1951	106	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1945	103	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1940	103	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1948	101	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1942	100	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	98	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1970	95	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1969	95	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1944	95	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1943	93	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1941	93	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1980	91	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1971	90	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1936	89	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1938	86	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1973	83	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1935	83	—
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2023	82	#816
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2025	80	#862
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	79	#1,701
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	39	#11,015
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	22	#4,181
BE Belgium	Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)	2008	18	#50,442
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	15	#39,801
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	9	#10,682
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	9	#11,690
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2022	8	#1,811
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	—	4	#8
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	2025	3	—
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	3	#44,846
IT Italy	ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)	2024	1	#21,212
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2022	1	#3,154
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—

Reference works 1

Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rexhep?: We estimate roughly 2.6 thousand people bear Rexhep (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
In which country does Rexhep have the most bearers?: We estimate about 2.2 thousand people bear Rexhep in Albania, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled rexhep.
How common is Rexhep compared with other names?: In Albania, Rexhep is the 109th most common given name of 12,508 given names recorded there.
Is Rexhep a male or female name?: Rexhep is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Rexhep mean?: Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish رجب (receb), from Arabic رَجَب (rajab, literally “respect”). Compare Turkish Recep.

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

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, “Rexhep” — the 109th most common given name in Albania. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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