Bandji Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Bandji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 129 | 1:161,001 | 17,453 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Bandji (156) may also be a first name.
Bandji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bandji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bandji occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bandji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,092,155th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. Bandji occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bandji live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 735,679th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 156 people.
Bandji is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 161,001. In Cameroon Bandji is most common in: Far North Region, where 42 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 24 percent are found and North Region, where 17 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and Benin, where 8 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
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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 Bandji
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