Guedje Surname
Approximately 1,011 people bear this surname
Guedje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Guedje (163) may also be a first name.
Guedje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guedje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guedje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﺞ) occurs more in Togo more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guedje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 358,623rd most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,208,255 people. Guedje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Guedje reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 717,791st most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 163 people.
Guedje is most widespread in Togo, where it is borne by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Without taking into account Togo this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 11 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guedje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guedje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﺞ | kyj | 33.33 |
| ﻛﺠﻪ | kjh | 33.33 |
| ﻛﻴﻪ | kyh | 16.67 |
| ﻛﺞ | kj | 16.67 |
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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 Guedje
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