Bedje Surname
Approximately 1,380 people bear this surname
Bedje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 742 | 1:31,093 | 2,096 |
| Cameroon | 540 | 1:38,461 | 5,142 |
| Mauritania | 58 | 1:70,601 | 4,804 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
The alternate forms: Bédjé (2) are calculated separately.
Bedje (307) may also be a first name.
Bedje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bedje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bedje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﻪ) is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Bédjé. For other possible spellings of Bedje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bedje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 279,970th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,280,830 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Bedje reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 27 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bedje is also the 502,288th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 307 people.
This surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 742 people, or 1 in 31,093. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 51 percent are found, Lagunes District, where 35 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 6 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast Bedje exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 39 percent are found and Mauritania, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bedje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bedje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺠﻪ | bjh | 93.75 |
| ﺑﺞ | bj | 6.25 |
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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 Bedje
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