Fodja Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fodja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fodja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1111:187,10919,561
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Fodja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fodja Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fodja is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fodja.

How Common Is The Last Name Fodja? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,710,039th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fodja live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 187,109. In Cameroon Fodja is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 60 percent reside, Centre Region, where 23 percent reside and West Region, where 14 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Fodja occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

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Fodeay731/
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Fodias731/
Fadjas731/
Fodjie731/
Foca673,243/
Fosa671,420/
Fojo671,350/
Foza67376/
Foudjio67241/
Foudjeu67150/
Foudjou6750/
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Foudjie673/
Foedjeu672/
Foojjha671/
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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 Fodja
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