Gadjama Surname

388,118th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 914 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Gadjama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gadjama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon9111:22,7983,096
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Gadjama (1,245) may also be a first name.

Gadjama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gadjama is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gadjama? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 388,118th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,973,245 people. Gadjama occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gadjama reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Gadjama is also the 223,865th most common given name in the world It is held by 1,245 people.

The surname Gadjama is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 911 people, or 1 in 22,798. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 91 percent reside, Centre Region, where 4 percent reside and North Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Gadjama exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 0 percent reside and Chad, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Gadjama
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