Bodja Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Bodja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bodja (25) may also be a first name.
Bodja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bodja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bodja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺟﻪ) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bodja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,839,022nd most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Bodja is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Bodja are found; 44 percent are found in Central Africa and 42 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 25 people.
The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Excluding The DR Congo Bodja is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bodja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bodja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺟﻪ | bwjh | 50 |
| ﺑﺠﻪ | bjh | 50 |
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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 Bodja
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