Gnancadja Surname

170,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gnancadja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gnancadja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin2,5021:4,131529
Ivory Coast141:1,647,94532,915
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
France11:66,422,722504,397

Gnancadja (45) may also be a first name.

Gnancadja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gnancadja Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gnancadja is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Gnancadja click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnancadja? popularity and diffusion

Gnancadja is the 170,433rd most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,881,592 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gnancadja live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 45 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 2,502 people, or 1 in 4,131. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 38 percent are found, Collines Department, where 26 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Benin this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnankadja891,627/
Nianckadja841/
Nianckhadja808/
Gnancodjo7869/
Gnankadji787/
Gnankadje782/
Gnankadia781/
Gnankodja781/
Gnamkadja781/
Nancasa751/
Nankajja7160/
Nyancaca711/
Gnancojo711/
Gnancoudjou701/
Gnankodjo6784/

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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 Gnancadja
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