Gondja Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Gondja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 145 | 1:71,280 | 8,604 |
| Niger | 86 | 1:223,163 | 7,312 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Gondja (12) may also be a first name.
Gondja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gondja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gondja is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gondja.
How Common Is The Last Name Gondja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,035,555th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name Gondja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gondja are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name internationally, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 71,280. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Mono Department, where 88 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 5 percent are found and Zou Department, where 5 percent are found. Barring Benin it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 35 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 4 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 Gondja
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