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
Fodje has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Fodje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fodje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,727,723rd most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Fodje occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Fodje live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Fodje is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 192,306. In Cameroon Fodje is most common in: Northwest Region, where 60 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists 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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