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
The surname Gadji is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 42,758th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 598,566 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Gadji are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 66,216th most common given name throughout the world. It is borne by 8,900 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5,320 people, or 1 in 3,904. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 43 percent reside, North Region, where 34 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent reside and Chad, where 15 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
- 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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