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) is most common in Mauritania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bidjel? popularity and diffusion
Bidjel is the 453,909th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 9,755,751 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bidjel reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 18 people.
Bidjel is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 742 people, or 1 in 5,519. In Mauritania Bidjel is most common in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 21 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 20 percent live and Trarza Region, where 18 percent live. Aside from Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Bidjel
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