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) is more commonly found in Togo than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sandja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sandja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 324,858th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 6,359,115 people. Sandja occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sandja live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sandja is also the 556,659th most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 256 people.
The surname is most numerous in Togo, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Excluding Togo Sandja occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 26 percent reside and Gabon, where 22 percent reside.
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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