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 more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Kédja. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kedja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 46,832nd most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 658,672 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kedja live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kedja is also the 466,636th most commonly held forename internationally. It is borne by 349 people.
Kedja is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 10,303 people, or 1 in 9,468. Beside Ethiopia it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found and Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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