Bakandja Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Bakandja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bakandja (178) may also be a first name.
Bakandja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakandja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakandja is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakandja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bakandja is the 978,274th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. Bakandja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakandja live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 683,417th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 178 people.
This last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 260 people, or 1 in 284,152. Other than The DR Congo it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Bulgaria, where 0 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakeandja | 94 | 1 | / |
| Bakandjia | 94 | 1 | / |
| Bakanja | 93 | 54 | / |
| Bokandja | 88 | 68 | / |
| Bakandjo | 88 | 34 | / |
| Bakandia | 88 | 28 | / |
| Bakandji | 88 | 24 | / |
| Bekandja | 88 | 21 | / |
| Boukandja | 82 | 2 | / |
| Bakeandji | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bakhandya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bakanza | 80 | 84 | / |
| Bakanca | 80 | 6 | / |
| Bakansa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bakanjo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bakonja | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bokanja | 80 | 3 | / |
| Batkhandya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bakondji | 75 | 234 | / |
| Bakondjo | 75 | 109 | / |
| Bakancha | 75 | 108 | / |
| Bokandjo | 75 | 85 | / |
| Bokondja | 75 | 27 | / |
| Bokandji | 75 | 23 | / |
| Backonja | 75 | 20 | / |
| Bekandjo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bakanzad | 75 | 3 | / |
| Bakondje | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bekandia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bakondea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boukanja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vakandia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bekondja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bachkhandji | 74 | 5 | / |
| Bakasenza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vakhandya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bokondjoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakeundji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakasensa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakatensa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boukamdja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakanzo | 67 | 205 | / |
| Bokanza | 67 | 112 | / |
| Bakonjo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Bokonja | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bokansa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bacanza | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bakamsa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bakandja
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