Dandji Surname
Approximately 857 people bear this surname
Dandji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 692 | 1:14,936 | 2,022 |
| Ivory Coast | 121 | 1:190,671 | 8,308 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Dandji (310) may also be a first name.
Dandji Demographics
Dandji Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Dandji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dandji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dandji occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dandji.
How Common Is The Last Name Dandji? popularity and diffusion
Dandji is the 408,080th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,503,554 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Dandji are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 499,178th most common first name worldwide, borne by 310 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 692 people, or 1 in 14,936. In Benin Dandji is primarily concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 50 percent reside, Collines Department, where 35 percent reside and Zou Department, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Benin this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
Dandji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Dandji
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