Wadji Surname
Approximately 1,886 people bear this surname
Wadji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1,005 | 1:14,507 | 450 |
| Cameroon | 383 | 1:54,227 | 7,038 |
| Indonesia | 227 | 1:582,596 | 46,553 |
| India | 107 | 1:7,168,835 | 157,365 |
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Benin | 26 | 1:397,523 | 29,143 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Wadji (904) may also be a first name.
Wadji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wadji is found in Senegal more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 217,420th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,864,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Wadji live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 269,907th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 904 people.
The surname Wadji is most widespread in Senegal, where it is carried by 1,005 people, or 1 in 14,507. In Senegal Wadji is most common in: Diourbel Region, where 52 percent live, Dakar Region, where 32 percent live and Thiès Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Senegal it occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 percent live.
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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 Wadji
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