Gadjere Surname
Approximately 1,319 people bear this surname
Gadjere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 905 | 1:22,949 | 3,117 |
| Niger | 411 | 1:46,696 | 2,387 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Gadjere (1,064) may also be a first name.
Gadjere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadjere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gadjere occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gadjere click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadjere? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gadjere is the 290,346th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,525,054 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gadjere reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 245,329th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 1,064 people.
The surname Gadjere is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 905 people, or 1 in 22,949. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: North Region, where 65 percent are found, Far North Region, where 32 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 31 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gadjere
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