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
Bandja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻧﺠﺎ) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bandja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 190,894th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,299,025 people. Bandja is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bandja reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 325,541st most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 651 people.
Bandja is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,950 people, or 1 in 37,887. Apart from The DR Congo it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.
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
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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 Bandja
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