Mendja Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Mendja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 210 | 1:98,900 | 11,715 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Mendja (32) may also be a first name.
Mendja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mendja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mendja occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mendja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mendja is the 1,001,271st most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. The last name Mendja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mendja live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mendja is also the 1,840,253rd most numerous forename on earth, held by 32 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 98,900. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 58 percent reside, South Region, where 36 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Mendja is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 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 Mendja
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