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 last name Tondja occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tondja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,380,086th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 36 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 123,043. In Benin Tondja is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 98 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 1 percent are found and Collines Department, where 1 percent are found. Barring Benin this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common 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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