Bendja Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Bendja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Senegal | 15 | 1:971,956 | 3,098 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Bendja (140) may also be a first name.
Bendja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bendja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bendja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺞ) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bendja? popularity and diffusion
Bendja is the 1,257,535th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bendja are found; 79 percent are found in Central Africa and 66 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bendja is also the 781,395th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 140 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 23 percent live and Benin, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bendja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bendja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺞ | bnj | - |
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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 Bendja
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