Sandja Surname
Approximately 1,146 people bear this surname
Sandja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| Cameroon | 109 | 1:190,542 | 19,833 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Sandja (256) may also be a first name.
Sandja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sandja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sandja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻧﺠﻰ) occurs most in Togo. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sandja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 324,858th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 6,359,115 people. The surname Sandja is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Sandja are found; 58 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 556,659th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 256 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Togo, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Besides Togo this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found and Gabon, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sandja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sandja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﻧﺠﻰ | sanjy | - |
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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 Sandja
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