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
The surname Sandja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻧﺠﻰ) is found in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sandja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sandja is the 324,858th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,359,115 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sandja live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 556,659th most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 256 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Togo, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Not including Togo Sandja exists in 14 countries. It is also found 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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