Gandjo Surname
Approximately 551 people bear this surname
Gandjo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 546 | 1:18,930 | 2,532 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Gandjo (204) may also be a first name.
Gandjo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandjo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gandjo is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandjo? popularity and diffusion
Gandjo is the 572,152nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 13,226,036 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gandjo live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 633,892nd most frequently used forename at a global level. It is borne by 204 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 546 people, or 1 in 18,930. In Benin Gandjo is most common in: Zou Department, where 67 percent live, Littoral Department, where 14 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 8 percent live. Apart from Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 0 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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 Gandjo
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