Kandj Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Kandj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 104 | 1:140,186 | 1,219 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Kandj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kandj is more frequently found in Senegal than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandj? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,374,607th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kandj live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Kandj is most frequently occurring in Senegal, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 140,186. In Senegal Kandj is most numerous in: Dakar Region, where 25 percent live, Thiès Region, where 24 percent live and Diourbel Region, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Senegal it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and Algeria, where 1 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 Kandj
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