Bodje Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Bodje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 532 | 1:43,367 | 2,780 |
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| Senegal | 13 | 1:1,121,488 | 3,334 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bodjé (12) are calculated separately.
Bodje (475) may also be a first name.
Bodje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bodje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bodje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﻪ) is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Bodjé. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bodje.
How Common Is The Last Name Bodje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 476,893rd most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,395,929 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 39 percent of Bodje live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bodje is also the 390,402nd most numerous given name on earth. It is borne by 475 people.
The surname Bodje is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 532 people, or 1 in 43,367. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 78 percent live, Lagunes District, where 9 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 7 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and Senegal, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bodje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bodje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺠﻪ | bjh | 80 |
| ﺑﻮﺟﻴﻪ | bwjyh | 20 |
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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 Bodje
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