Bidjel Surname
Approximately 747 people bear this surname
Bidjel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 742 | 1:5,519 | 644 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Bidjel (18) may also be a first name.
Bidjel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bidjel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bidjel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﺠﻞ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bidjel.
How Common Is The Last Name Bidjel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 453,909th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,755,751 people. The surname Bidjel occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bidjel reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Bidjel is also the 2,608,198th most widespread forename globally. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name Bidjel is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 742 people, or 1 in 5,519. In Mauritania Bidjel is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 21 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 20 percent live and Trarza Region, where 18 percent live. Outside of Mauritania Bidjel exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bidjel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bidjel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻴﺠﻞ | byjl | 90.41 |
| ﺑﺠﻞ | bjl | 5.48 |
| ﺑﻴﺪﺟﻞ | bydjl | 1.83 |
| ﺑﻴﺪﻝ | bydl | 1.37 |
| ﺑﻴﺠﺎﻝ | byjal | 0.91 |
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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 Bidjel
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