Kandja Surname
Approximately 521 people bear this surname
Kandja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Cameroon | 142 | 1:146,261 | 16,188 |
| Benin | 111 | 1:93,114 | 10,737 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Burkina Faso | 29 | 1:632,831 | 7,862 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kandja (784) may also be a first name.
Kandja Demographics
Average Kandja Salary in
United States
$42,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kandja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kandja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﺠﺎ) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kandja.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 597,433rd most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,987,612 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kandja are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kandja is also the 292,947th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 784 people.
The surname Kandja is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 185 people, or 1 in 399,349. Outside of The DR Congo this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 27 percent live and Benin, where 21 percent live.
Kandja Last Name Statistics demography
Kandja earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kandja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kandja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﺠﺎ | kanja | - |
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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 Kandja
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