Edeje Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Edeje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Edeje (139) may also be a first name.
Edeje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edeje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Edeje occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Edeje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Edeje? popularity and diffusion
Edeje is the 2,460,878th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Edeje are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 784,558th most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 139 people.
The last name Edeje is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 2,952,379. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 53 percent reside, Kogi, where 22 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Edeje
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