Kandjo Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Kandjo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 174 | 1:59,400 | 7,340 |
| Cameroon | 96 | 1:216,344 | 21,934 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kandjo (33) may also be a first name.
Kandjo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandjo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kandjo occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kandjo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandjo? popularity and diffusion
Kandjo is the 832,284th most common surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kandjo live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 33 people.
The surname Kandjo is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 59,400. In Benin it is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 58 percent reside, Donga Department, where 24 percent reside and Zou Department, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Benin it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 29 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 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 Kandjo
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