Edjia Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Edjia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Edjia (9) may also be a first name.
Edjia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edjia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Edjia (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﺎ) is found most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Edjia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Edjia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Edjia is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Edjia live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 9 people.
The surname Edjia is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Edjia is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 67 percent reside and South Region, where 33 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Edjia is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 33 percent reside and Mauritania, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edjia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edjia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﺎ | aja | - |
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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 Edjia
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