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
Tandja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﺠﺎ) occurs most in Togo. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tandja.
How Common Is The Last Name Tandja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tandja is the 423,328th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,908,980 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 374 people.
The surname Tandja is most commonly occurring in Togo, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Outside of Togo this last name exists 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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