Kandje Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Kandje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Namibia | 19 | 1:126,811 | 9,361 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kandje (65) may also be a first name.
Kandje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kandje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﺠﻰ, Marathi: कानडजे) is found in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandje? popularity and diffusion
Kandje is the 649,026th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kandje live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kandje is also the 1,212,820th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 65 people.
The last name is most numerous in Chad, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Besides Chad this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kandje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kandje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﺠﻰ | knjy | - |
| Kandje in the Marathi language | ||
| कानडजे | kanadaje | 73.33 |
| कानड्जे | kanadje | 13.33 |
| कांडजे | kandaje | 6.67 |
| कनाडजे | kanadaje | 6.67 |
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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 Kandje
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