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 surname Bodjel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺟﻞ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bodjel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,414,640th most commonly held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bodjel reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Bodjel is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 40 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 610,855. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 94 percent reside and North Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 32 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside.
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
- 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 Bodjel
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