Gadjaga Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Gadjaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 155 | 1:118,401 | 3,420 |
| Senegal | 30 | 1:485,978 | 2,132 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Gadjaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadjaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gadjaga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺟﺎﻛﺎ) is found most in Burkina Faso. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadjaga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,227,038th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 118,401. In Burkina Faso Gadjaga is mostly 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. Apart from Burkina Faso Gadjaga exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 16 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gadjaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gadjaga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺟﺎﻛﺎ | kajaka | - |
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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 Gadjaga
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