Kandjou Surname
Approximately 1,670 people bear this surname
Kandjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 997 | 1:2,417 | 372 |
| Botswana | 579 | 1:3,777 | 536 |
| Cameroon | 85 | 1:244,342 | 24,081 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
Kandjou (90) may also be a first name.
Kandjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kandjou is found most in Namibia. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandjou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 239,727th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,363,800 people. The surname Kandjou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kandjou reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kandjou is also the 1,005,046th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 90 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is borne by 997 people, or 1 in 2,417. In Namibia Kandjou is mostly found in: Omaheke Region, where 65 percent live, Khomas Region, where 34 percent live and Hardap Region, where 0 percent live. Apart from Namibia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 35 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 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 Kandjou
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