Cudjoe Surname

11,455th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49,049 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Cudjoe Surname User-submission:

This surname is derived from the name for a male child born on monday in the Akan culture.

Cudjoe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana46,0661:58778
United States7591:477,54840,495
Trinidad and Tobago6931:1,968334
Togo4201:17,2575,159
England3351:166,32315,397
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Venezuela791:382,3308,042
Canada761:484,81041,569
Grenada631:1,723306
Guyana511:14,9462,019
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines251:4,506576
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
France171:3,907,219231,005
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Senegal101:1,457,9343,873
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Norway61:857,04855,549
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
China41:341,830,39216,990
Saint Lucia31:59,5942,472
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Cudjoe (1,693) may also be a first name.

Cudjoe Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is derived from the name for a male child born on monday in the Akan culture.

- edwardo

Cudjoe Last Name Facts

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

Cudjoe occurs most in Ghana. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cudjoe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 11,455th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 148,577 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Cudjoe are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cudjoe is also the 186,876th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 1,693 people.

The last name is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 46,066 people, or 1 in 587. Beside Ghana it exists in 49 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Trinidad and Tobago, where 1 percent live.

Cudjoe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cudjoe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cudjoe surname increased 18,975 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cudjoe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cudjoe surname are 8.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.78% registered with the political party.

The amount Cudjoe earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 12.47% more than the national average, earning 389,245 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.17% more than the national average, earning R 316,452 per year; in United States they earn 9.3% less than the national average, earning $39,134 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.02% less than the national average, earning $49,176 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coudjoe9233/
Cudjoer922/
Kudjoe833,544/
Cudyoe836/
Cudjou831/
Cudjue831/
Cudioe831/
Cheudjoue801/
Koudjoe7724/
Coudjou7723/
Cusoe731/
Cuzoe731/
Cheudjou71168/
Cheudjeu7194/
Koudjoue7177/
Kudjoi67159/
Kudjou6711/
Kudjie671/

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