Derje Surname
Approximately 12,578 people bear this surname
Derje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 12,556 | 1:7,769 | 1,207 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Derje (3,841) may also be a first name.
Derje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Derje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Derje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺭﺟﻪ) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Derje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 41,491st most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 579,388 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Derje live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 113,323rd most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 3,841 people.
The last name Derje is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 12,556 people, or 1 in 7,769. Not including Ethiopia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 0 percent live and Taiwan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Derje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Derje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺭﺟﻪ | drjh | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺭﺟﻪ | aldrjh | 37.5 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺭﺟﺔ | aldrjt | 12.5 |
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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 Derje
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