Fadja Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Fadja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Fádja (1) are calculated separately.
Fadja (141) may also be a first name.
Fadja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fadja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fadja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﺎﺟﻪ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Fádja. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fadja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Fadja is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Fadja live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Fadja is also the 778,371st most commonly held first name internationally, held by 141 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 407,237. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent live, West Region, where 39 percent live and Centre Region, where 22 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 10 percent live and Algeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fadja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fadja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻓﺎﺟﻪ | afajh | - |
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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 Fadja
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