Bendje Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Bendje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 65 | 1:354,942 | 12,641 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Bendjé (1) are calculated separately.
Bendje (30) may also be a first name.
Bendje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bendje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bendje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺞ, Marathi: बडजे) is found most in The Ivory Coast. It can be found as a variant: Bendjé. Click here for other possible spellings of Bendje.
How Common Is The Last Name Bendje? popularity and diffusion
Bendje is the 1,244,200th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Bendje live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 30 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 354,942. In The Ivory Coast Bendje is mostly concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 46 percent live, Lagunes District, where 34 percent live and Comoé District, where 17 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast Bendje occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Cameroon, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bendje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bendje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺞ | bnj | - |
| Bendje in the Marathi language | ||
| बडजे | badaje | - |
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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 Bendje
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