Pondja Surname
Approximately 18,596 people bear this surname
Pondja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 18,540 | 1:1,470 | 358 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pondja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pondja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pondja is carried by more people in Mozambique than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pondja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 28,881st most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 391,888 people. The last name Pondja is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pondja reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Mozambique, where it is borne by 18,540 people, or 1 in 1,470. Aside from Mozambique this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Pondja
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