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 held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,295,379th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Gandja are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 34 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 84,718. In Benin it is primarily concentrated 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 this last name occurs 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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