Detondji Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Detondji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Detondji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin4011:25,7753,460
Ivory Coast141:1,647,94532,915

Detondji (241) may also be a first name.

Detondji Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Detondji Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Detondji is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Detondji.

How Common Is The Last Name Detondji? popularity and diffusion

The surname Detondji is the 707,442nd most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. Detondji is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Detondji live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 575,894th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 241 people.

This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 401 people, or 1 in 25,775. In Benin it is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 68 percent are found, Zou Department, where 21 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Detonji936/
Datondji88482/
Daatondji823/
Dotoundji821/
Destanci6379/
Detonche631/
Dethomsis591/
Detanzy531/
Detanger5017/
Detances501/
Ditonsha501/
Destance500/

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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 Detondji
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