Gandje Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Gandje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 98 | 1:105,465 | 11,876 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Gandjè (1) are calculated separately.
Gandje (34) may also be a first name.
Gandje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gandje is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Gandjè. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,828,462nd most numerous surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gandje live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gandje is also the 1,775,424th most common first name worldwide, borne by 34 people.
The surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 105,465. In Benin Gandje is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 43 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 35 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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 Gandje
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