Waandja Surname
Approximately 395 people bear this surname
Waandja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 394 | 1:6,115 | 1,189 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Waandja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waandja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waandja is found most frequently in Namibia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waandja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 733,258th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,449,483 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Waandja are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Waandja is most numerous in Namibia, where it is borne by 394 people, or 1 in 6,115. In Namibia Waandja is most common in: Ohangwena Region, where 75 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 15 percent reside and Oshana Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Namibia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Waandja
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