Bodjou Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Bodjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 123 | 1:84,029 | 9,888 |
| Ivory Coast | 70 | 1:329,589 | 12,041 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
Bodjou (26) may also be a first name.
Bodjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bodjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bodjou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bodjou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,177,228th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname Bodjou is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bodjou live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bodjou is also the 2,084,397th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 26 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 84,029. In Benin Bodjou is primarily found in: Atlantique Department, where 49 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 26 percent are found and Zou Department, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 35 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Bodjou
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