Badjel Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Badjel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Badjel (21) may also be a first name.
Badjel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Badjel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Badjel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﻞ) is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Badjel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Badjel occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Badjel reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 21 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 2,883,904. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 75 percent reside, Bas-Sassandra District, where 13 percent reside and Comoé District, where 13 percent reside. Not including The Ivory Coast it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 26 percent reside and Cameroon, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Badjel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Badjel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺠﻞ | bjl | - |
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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 Badjel
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