Badjara Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Badjara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Badjara (111) may also be a first name.
Badjara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Badjara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Badjara is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Badjara? popularity and diffusion
Badjara is the 4,427,875th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Badjara is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Badjara are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 890,531st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 111 people.
Badjara is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 91 percent reside and Far North Region, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 15 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 15 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 Badjara
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