Kedja Surname
Approximately 11,064 people bear this surname
Kedja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 10,303 | 1:9,468 | 1,434 |
| Ivory Coast | 531 | 1:43,449 | 2,785 |
| Algeria | 184 | 1:209,954 | 24,541 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kédja (1) are calculated separately.
Kedja (349) may also be a first name.
Kedja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kedja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kedja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺠﺔ) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kédja. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kedja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 46,832nd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 658,672 people. Kedja occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kedja reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kedja is also the 466,636th most common first name throughout the world, held by 349 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 10,303 people, or 1 in 9,468. Other than Ethiopia it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live and Algeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kedja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kedja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺠﺔ | kjt | 66.67 |
| ﻛﺠﻪ | kjh | 33.33 |
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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 Kedja
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