Bedjah Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Bedjah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 39 | 1:104,996 | 6,429 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Bedjah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bedjah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bedjah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﺎﻩ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bedjah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bedjah is the 2,876,555th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Bedjah is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bedjah live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 104,996. In Mauritania Bedjah is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 51 percent are found, Trarza Region, where 31 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 11 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bedjah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bedjah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺠﺎﻩ | bjah | 90 |
| ﺍﺑﺠﺎﻩ | abjah | 10 |
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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 Bedjah
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