Gandji Surname
Approximately 2,808 people bear this surname
Gandji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,167 | 1:4,770 | 631 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Gandji (96) may also be a first name.
Gandji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gandji (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﺠﻲ) is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gandji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 155,981st most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,595,280 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gandji live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 968,397th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 96 people.
It is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 2,167 people, or 1 in 4,770. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 24 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 20 percent live and Zou Department, where 16 percent live. Excluding Benin it occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gandji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gandji in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﺠﻲ | kanjy | - |
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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 Gandji
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