Gandja Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Gandja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 122 | 1:84,718 | 9,949 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Gandja (34) may also be a first name.
Gandja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gandja is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gandja is the 1,295,379th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. Gandja is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Gandja live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly held first name globally, held by 34 people.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 84,718. In Benin Gandja is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 93 percent are found, Collines Department, where 5 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 1 percent are found. Beside Benin Gandja occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 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 Gandja
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