Hamadja Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Hamadja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Hamadja (10) may also be a first name.
Hamadja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamadja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hamadja is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Hamadja.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamadja? popularity and diffusion
Hamadja is the 5,391,485th most numerous family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Hamadja live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Hamadja is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 10 people.
The last name Hamadja is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon Hamadja is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 89 percent reside and Far North Region, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 15 percent reside and Algeria, where 8 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Hamadja
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