Fodje Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Fodje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Fodje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fodje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fodje occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fodje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,727,723rd most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname Fodje is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Fodje reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 192,306. In Cameroon Fodje is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 60 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Fodje
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