Gadjia Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Gadjia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gadjia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadjia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gadjia occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadjia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Gadjia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Gadjia are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The surname Gadjia is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 40 percent are found, Centre Region, where 20 percent are found and East Region, where 20 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 42 percent are found and Benin, where 8 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 Gadjia
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