Yandja Surname
Approximately 2,056 people bear this surname
Yandja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,785 | 1:4,060 | 684 |
| Cameroon | 166 | 1:125,115 | 14,217 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yandja (1,271) may also be a first name.
Yandja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yandja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yandja is found in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yandja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yandja is the 202,554th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,544,526 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yandja are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yandja is also the 221,247th most common given name internationally. It is borne by 1,271 people.
This last name is most numerous in Togo, where it is borne by 1,785 people, or 1 in 4,060. Beside Togo it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 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
- 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 Yandja
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