Gadji Surname
Approximately 12,175 people bear this surname
Gadji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,320 | 1:3,904 | 465 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,856 | 1:12,431 | 1,013 |
| Chad | 1,829 | 1:7,431 | 1,045 |
| Niger | 1,504 | 1:12,761 | 899 |
| Benin | 598 | 1:17,284 | 2,345 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Senegal | 404 | 1:36,087 | 696 |
| Russia | 46 | 1:3,133,110 | 167,157 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Philippines | 29 | 1:3,490,973 | 149,374 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Gadji (8,900) may also be a first name.
Gadji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gadji occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadji? popularity and diffusion
Gadji is the 42,758th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 598,566 people. The surname Gadji occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Gadji reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 66,216th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 8,900 people.
The last name Gadji is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5,320 people, or 1 in 3,904. In Cameroon Gadji is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 43 percent live, North Region, where 34 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 13 percent live. Beside Cameroon Gadji exists in 28 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent live and Chad, where 15 percent live.
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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 Gadji
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