Bodjel Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Bodjel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Bodjel (40) may also be a first name.
Bodjel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bodjel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bodjel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺟﻞ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bodjel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bodjel? popularity and diffusion
Bodjel is the 2,414,640th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bodjel live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Bodjel is also the 1,614,485th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 40 people.
The last name Bodjel is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 610,855. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 94 percent are found and North Region, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 32 percent are found and Niger, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bodjel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bodjel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺟﻞ | bwjl | 70 |
| ﺑﻴﺠﻞ | byjl | 30 |
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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 Bodjel
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