Gadjaga Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Gadjaga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gadjaga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso1551:118,4013,420
Senegal301:485,9782,132
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Gadjaga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gadjaga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺟﺎﻛﺎ) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gadjaga.

How Common Is The Last Name Gadjaga? popularity and diffusion

Gadjaga is the 1,227,038th most frequent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gadjaga are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Gadjaga is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 118,401. In Burkina Faso Gadjaga is primarily found in: Est Region, where 41 percent are found, Sahel Region, where 21 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Burkina Faso this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 16 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gadjaga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gadjaga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺎﺟﺎﻛﺎkajaka-

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