Djenne Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Djenne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 51 | 1:359,845 | 5,851 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Djenné (1) are calculated separately.
Djenne (110) may also be a first name.
Djenne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Djenne Come From? nationality or country of origin
Djenne (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻨﺔ) is most common in Burkina Faso. It may be found in the variant forms: Djenné. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Djenne? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,666,404th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name Djenne occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Djenne are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Djenne is also the 895,203rd most commonly held first name in the world, held by 110 people.
The surname is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 359,845. In Burkina Faso Djenne is mostly found in: Plateau-Central Region, where 47 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 22 percent are found and Centre Region, where 16 percent are found. Barring Burkina Faso this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Djenne Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Djenne in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻨﺔ | jnt | - |
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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 Djenne
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