Al-Hadji Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Al-Hadji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
Al-Hadji (696) may also be a first name.
Al-Hadji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al-Hadji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al-Hadji is more frequently found in Chad than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Al-Hadji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 726,304th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. The surname Al-Hadji occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Al-Hadji reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Al-Hadji is also the 313,309th most common forename globally. It is borne by 696 people.
The surname Al-Hadji is most widely held in Chad, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Other than Chad this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 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 Al-Hadji
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