Gadje Surname
Approximately 1,332 people bear this surname
Gadje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 639 | 1:30,034 | 1,708 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Ivory Coast | 70 | 1:329,589 | 12,041 |
| Philippines | 67 | 1:1,511,018 | 105,084 |
| Indonesia | 57 | 1:2,320,161 | 139,963 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Senegal | 17 | 1:857,608 | 2,905 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gädje (8) & Gadjé (1) are calculated separately.
Gadje (1,944) may also be a first name.
Gadje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gadje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﺪﺝ, Marathi: गडदे) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Gädje or Gadjé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 288,063rd most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,471,131 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Gadje reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 171,950th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 1,944 people.
The last name Gadje is most common in Niger, where it is held by 639 people, or 1 in 30,034. In Niger it is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 78 percent reside, Diffa Region, where 19 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Niger Gadje is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 32 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gadje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gadje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﺪﺝ | khdj | - |
| Gadje in the Marathi language | ||
| गडदे | gadade | - |
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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 Gadje
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