Wadja Surname
Approximately 4,853 people bear this surname
Wadja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,890 | 1:3,835 | 622 |
| Ivory Coast | 895 | 1:25,778 | 1,812 |
| Philippines | 731 | 1:138,493 | 23,396 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Indonesia | 382 | 1:346,202 | 29,976 |
| Cameroon | 266 | 1:78,079 | 9,607 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Wadja (911) may also be a first name.
Wadja Demographics
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Wadja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wadja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺟﺎ) is held by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadja? popularity and diffusion
Wadja is the 97,753rd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,501,658 people. Wadja is primarily found in Africa, where 68 percent of Wadja reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wadja is also the 268,676th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 911 people.
This surname is most numerous in Togo, where it is borne by 1,890 people, or 1 in 3,835. Apart from Togo this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent reside and The Philippines, where 15 percent reside.
Wadja Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wadja last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Wadja earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.68% less than the national average, earning $40,268 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wadja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wadja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺟﺎ | wja | - |
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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
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- 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 Wadja
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