Gadjou Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Gadjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 351 | 1:59,171 | 7,614 |
| Iran | 17 | 1:4,516,619 | 115,816 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gadjou (41) may also be a first name.
Gadjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gadjou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gadjou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadjou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 761,666th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gadjou reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Gadjou is also the 1,590,275th most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 41 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 351 people, or 1 in 59,171. In Cameroon Gadjou is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 46 percent reside, Centre Region, where 23 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 5 percent reside and France, where 1 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
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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 Gadjou
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