Edja Surname
Approximately 2,345 people bear this surname
Edja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,885 | 1:12,239 | 997 |
| Benin | 116 | 1:89,100 | 10,389 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Indonesia | 83 | 1:1,593,364 | 105,506 |
| Mauritania | 68 | 1:60,219 | 4,226 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Edja (3,114) may also be a first name.
Edja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Edja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺝ) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Edja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Edja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Edja is the 181,503rd most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,107,695 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Edja are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Edja is also the 129,129th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 3,114 people.
It is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,885 people, or 1 in 12,239. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Lacs District, where 41 percent live, Comoé District, where 27 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast Edja occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺝ | aj | 35.19 |
| ﺃﺝ | aj | 25.93 |
| ﺃﺟﻪ | ajh | 18.52 |
| ﺍﺟﻪ | ajh | 11.11 |
| ﺍﺩﺝ | adj | 3.7 |
| ﺇﺝ | aj | 3.7 |
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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 Edja
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