Wandja Surname
Approximately 3,476 people bear this surname
Wandja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,697 | 1:43,535 | 5,297 |
| Cameroon | 1,617 | 1:12,844 | 1,746 |
| Indonesia | 73 | 1:1,811,633 | 116,472 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wandja (920) may also be a first name.
Wandja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wandja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wandja occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wandja.
How Common Is The Last Name Wandja? popularity and diffusion
Wandja is the 130,178th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,096,532 people. The last name Wandja is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wandja live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 267,151st most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 920 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,697 people, or 1 in 43,535. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 47 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 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 Wandja
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