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
The surname Bedje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﻪ) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Bédjé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bedje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 279,970th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,280,830 people. Bedje is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Bedje are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 27 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 502,288th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 307 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 742 people, or 1 in 31,093. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 51 percent live, Lagunes District, where 35 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 6 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 39 percent live and Mauritania, where 4 percent live.
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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