Bandja Surname
Approximately 2,209 people bear this surname
Bandja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,950 | 1:37,887 | 4,695 |
| Cameroon | 174 | 1:119,362 | 13,671 |
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Bandja (651) may also be a first name.
Bandja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bandja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bandja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻧﺠﺎ) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bandja.
How Common Is The Last Name Bandja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 190,894th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 3,299,025 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bandja are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bandja is also the 325,541st most frequently used first name globally It is held by 651 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,950 people, or 1 in 37,887. Beside The DR Congo this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and Benin, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bandja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bandja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻧﺠﺎ | banja | 75 |
| ﺑﺎﻧﺪﺝ | bandj | 25 |
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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 Bandja
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