Dedji Surname
Approximately 3,960 people bear this surname
Dedji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,637 | 1:3,919 | 501 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Ivory Coast | 294 | 1:78,474 | 4,300 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Dédji (1) are calculated separately.
Dedji (407) may also be a first name.
Dedji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dedji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dedji is most common in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms: Dédji. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 116,420th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,840,289 people. The surname Dedji is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Dedji reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 427,366th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 407 people.
This surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 2,637 people, or 1 in 3,919. In Benin Dedji is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 48 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 11 percent live and Plateau Department, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Benin Dedji occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 24 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 7 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
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- 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
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