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
Bodje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﻪ) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It can also be found as: Bodjé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bodje? popularity and diffusion
Bodje is the 476,893rd most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 10,395,929 people. It is primarily found 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 frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 475 people.
It is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 532 people, or 1 in 43,367. In The Ivory Coast Bodje is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 78 percent live, Lagunes District, where 9 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 7 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Bodje
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