Agadja Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Agadja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 257 | 1:40,216 | 5,165 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Agadja (26) may also be a first name.
Agadja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agadja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agadja has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Agadja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 988,329th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Agadja are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 40,216. In Benin Agadja is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 40 percent are found, Zou Department, where 23 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Benin it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Agadja
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