Cordelia Surname

883,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Cordelia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cordelia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2771:639,50530,121
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Cordelia (51,131) may also be a first name.

Cordelia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cordelia Come From? nationality or country of origin

Cordelia (Arabic: كورديليا, Marathi: कोरडेिलया) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cordelia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cordelia is the 883,255th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Cordelia live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cordelia is also the 18,170th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 51,131 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 639,505. In Nigeria Cordelia is most numerous in: Enugu, where 14 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Ebonyi, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Cordelia Last Name Statistics demography

Cordelia earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 14.77% more than the national average, earning R 272,736 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Cordelia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Cordelia in the Marathi language
कोरडेिलयाkoradeilaya66.67
कोरडेिलआkoradeila'a33.33
Cordelia in the Arabic language
كورديلياkwrdylya-

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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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  • 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 Cordelia
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