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
Bandji is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bandji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bandji is the 1,092,155th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bandji are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 735,679th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 156 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 161,001. In Cameroon Bandji is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 42 percent live, Littoral Region, where 24 percent live and North Region, where 17 percent live. Other than Cameroon Bandji exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent live and Benin, where 8 percent live.
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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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