Tandja Surname
Approximately 818 people bear this surname
Tandja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Benin | 216 | 1:47,850 | 6,056 |
| Cameroon | 103 | 1:201,641 | 20,774 |
| Niger | 48 | 1:399,834 | 11,128 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Tandja (374) may also be a first name.
Tandja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tandja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tandja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﺠﺎ) has its highest incidence in Togo. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tandja? popularity and diffusion
Tandja is the 423,328th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,908,980 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tandja reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tandja is also the 448,725th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 374 people.
This last name is most widespread in Togo, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Without taking into account Togo this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 26 percent live and Cameroon, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tandja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tandja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻨﺠﺎ | tnja | - |
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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 Tandja
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