Kendja Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Kendja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 107 | 1:215,619 | 9,011 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Kendja (72) may also be a first name.
Kendja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kendja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kendja occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kendja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,218,745th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Kendja live; 42 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 72 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 215,619. In The Ivory Coast Kendja is primarily found in: Comoé District, where 71 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 27 percent reside and Lagunes District, where 2 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 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
- 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 Kendja
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