Abadja Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Abadja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Abadja (15) may also be a first name.
Abadja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abadja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abadja is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abadja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,894,523rd most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Abadja live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Chadic Africa. Abadja is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 15 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon Abadja is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 64 percent reside, Centre Region, where 30 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 28 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abadja
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