Yadja Surname
Approximately 749 people bear this surname
Yadja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Benin | 53 | 1:195,011 | 18,621 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Yadja (41) may also be a first name.
Yadja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yadja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yadja occurs most in Togo. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yadja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yadja is the 452,985th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 9,729,701 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yadja live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 41 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Togo, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Aside from Togo Yadja exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Benin, where 7 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 Yadja
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