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
Gandja is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,295,379th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. Gandja is predominantly 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 on earth, borne by 34 people.
The last name Gandja is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 84,718. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 93 percent are found, Collines Department, where 5 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 1 percent are found. Barring Benin it exists in 10 countries. It is also found 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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