Tondja Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Tondja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 84 | 1:123,043 | 13,434 |
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Tondja (36) may also be a first name.
Tondja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tondja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tondja is found most frequently in Benin. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tondja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tondja is the 1,380,086th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Tondja is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tondja live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tondja is also the 1,717,090th most common forename worldwide, held by 36 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 123,043. In Benin Tondja is most common in: Atakora Department, where 98 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 1 percent are found and Collines Department, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Benin Tondja is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Tondja
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