Dodji Surname
Approximately 1,100 people bear this surname
Dodji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Benin | 238 | 1:43,427 | 5,554 |
| Ivory Coast | 147 | 1:156,947 | 7,247 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Dodji (17,232) may also be a first name.
Dodji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dodji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dodji (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﺩﺟﻲ) is most common in Togo. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dodji? popularity and diffusion
Dodji is the 335,329th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,625,042 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Dodji live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 42,133rd most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 17,232 people.
It is most frequently used in Togo, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Not including Togo it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 22 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dodji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dodji in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﺩﺟﻲ | dwdjy | - |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dodji
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