Djenke Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Djenke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Djenke (12) may also be a first name.
Djenke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Djenke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Djenke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻨﻜﻪ) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Djenke.
How Common Is The Last Name Djenke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Djenke is the 4,427,875th most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Djenke reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 12 people.
This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 861,300. In Benin Djenke is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 75 percent live, Zou Department, where 17 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 8 percent live. Other than Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 30 percent live and Sweden, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Djenke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Djenke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻨﻜﻪ | jnkh | 75 |
| ﺟﻨﻚ | jnk | 25 |
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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 Djenke
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