Alhadji Surname
Approximately 63,670 people bear this surname
Alhadji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 54,117 | 1:384 | 19 |
| Niger | 5,504 | 1:3,487 | 340 |
| Chad | 3,562 | 1:3,816 | 635 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
Alhadji (15,953) may also be a first name.
Alhadji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alhadji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alhadji occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alhadji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,904th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 114,458 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alhadji reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Alhadji is also the 44,510th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 15,953 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 54,117 people, or 1 in 384. In Cameroon Alhadji is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 57 percent are found, North Region, where 19 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Cameroon Alhadji occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 9 percent are found and Chad, where 6 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 Alhadji
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