Codja Surname
Approximately 887 people bear this surname
Codja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 754 | 1:13,708 | 1,866 |
| Moldova | 88 | 1:40,470 | 6,147 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Codja (52) may also be a first name.
Codja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Codja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Codja is found most in Benin. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Codja? popularity and diffusion
Codja is the 397,164th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,215,948 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Codja live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Codja is also the 1,381,723rd most prevalent given name internationally, held by 52 people.
Codja is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 754 people, or 1 in 13,708. In Benin Codja is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 39 percent live, Littoral Department, where 19 percent live and Zou Department, where 16 percent live. Barring Benin Codja exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 10 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
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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 Codja
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