surname. From Gjon Gega trace their descent: Gjonaj, Hasanaj, Martinaj, Gjoknikaj, Vatnikaj, Haxh(i)aj. From Lajç Gega trace their descent: Smajlaj, Gjerkaj, Dekaj, Dreshaj. All the brotherhoods also use Lajçaj as a surname. Llesh P. Smajlaj, a local folklorist in his collected works (2012) writes that up to the mid 20th century the Locaj brotherhood, two families descended from the brothers Dakë and Cak Hasani and two families descended from Martin Peci were Anas. Many people from Hoti have emigrated to the US since the 1960s. In the 2010 US census, surnames which are almost exclusively related to Hoti that appear more than 100 times rank as follows: The brotherhoods from Hoti that don't live in the Hoti region or have settlements in other areas are part of the Hoti farefisni. They are divided into brotherhoods according to their progenitors in their settlements. Notable people Junç Hoti (1434), capitaneus montanee Ottorum (captain of the mountains of Hoti) Çun Mula Lucgjonaj (1818-1896), flag-bearer (bajraktar) Ded Gjo Luli Dedvukaj (1840-1915), military leader and commander of the Malësori in the Battle of Deçiq Nora of Hoti, independence fighter Ukshin Hoti (1943–1999), philosopher Emina Çunmulaj, model Ilir Hoti, economist Fortesa Hoti, actress Aljbino Camaj (born 1979), footballer Driton Camaj (born 1997), footballer Martin Camaj (1925–1992), folklorist, linguist, and writer Jurgen Vatnikaj, footballer Afërdita Dreshaj, Miss Kosovo Ibrahim Drešević, footballer Semanta Hoti, International lawyer References Albanian communities in Montenegro Malësia Albanian Roman Catholics Historical regions in Albania Historical regions in Montenegro Tribes of Albania History of Sandžak