Dedje Surname
Approximately 777 people bear this surname
Dedje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 526 | 1:43,862 | 2,805 |
| Cameroon | 121 | 1:171,645 | 18,315 |
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Benin | 42 | 1:246,086 | 21,801 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Dedje (346) may also be a first name.
Dedje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dedje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dedje is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dedje.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 440,539th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,379,081 people. The surname Dedje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Dedje are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dedje is also the 468,941st most common first name in the world It is held by 346 people.
The last name Dedje is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 526 people, or 1 in 43,862. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Lagunes District, where 40 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 29 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 26 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 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 Dedje
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