Kedje Surname
Approximately 591 people bear this surname
Kedje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 456 | 1:22,666 | 3,044 |
| Ivory Coast | 109 | 1:211,663 | 8,884 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kedje (106) may also be a first name.
Kedje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kedje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kedje occurs most in Benin. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kedje? popularity and diffusion
Kedje is the 542,751st most widespread last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kedje live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 915,176th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 106 people.
The surname Kedje is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 456 people, or 1 in 22,666. In Benin it is most common in: Mono Department, where 34 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 18 percent reside and Kouffo Department, where 17 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Kedje
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