Bedja Surname
Approximately 2,529 people bear this surname
Bedja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 1,061 | 1:706 | 104 |
| Algeria | 1,052 | 1:36,722 | 6,664 |
| Cameroon | 90 | 1:230,767 | 23,017 |
| Ivory Coast | 68 | 1:339,283 | 12,260 |
| South Africa | 60 | 1:902,962 | 58,308 |
| Namibia | 42 | 1:57,367 | 6,674 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Bedja (202) may also be a first name.
Bedja Demographics
Average Bedja Salary in
South Africa
R 197,448
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Bedja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bedja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bedja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺞ) is held by more people in Comoros than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bedja? popularity and diffusion
Bedja is the 170,433rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,881,592 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bedja are found; 42 percent are found in East Africa and 42 percent are found in Afro-Islamic Indian Ocean. Bedja is also the 637,340th most numerous first name internationally, held by 202 people.
The last name is most numerous in Comoros, where it is carried by 1,061 people, or 1 in 706. Without taking into account Comoros Bedja exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 42 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Bedja Last Name Statistics demography
Bedja earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.91% less than the national average, earning R 197,448 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bedja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bedja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺞ | bj | 47.37 |
| ﺑﺠﻪ | bjh | 36.84 |
| ﺑﺪﺟﻪ | bdjh | 10.53 |
| ﺑﺠﺎ | bja | 5.26 |
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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 Bedja
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