Magadji Surname
Approximately 2,972 people bear this surname
Magadji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 960 | 1:21,634 | 2,952 |
| Niger | 940 | 1:20,417 | 1,276 |
| Mali | 452 | 1:37,542 | 1,092 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Benin | 217 | 1:47,630 | 6,035 |
| Guinea | 9 | 1:1,314,869 | 1,461 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Magadji (1,849) may also be a first name.
Magadji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magadji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Magadji is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Magadji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 148,716th most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,452,068 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Magadji are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Magadji is also the 177,272nd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 1,849 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 960 people, or 1 in 21,634. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 48 percent live, North Region, where 40 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 8 percent live. Other than Cameroon Magadji exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 32 percent live and Mali, where 15 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 Magadji
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