Kedji Surname
Approximately 3,855 people bear this surname
Kedji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,095 | 1:4,933 | 649 |
| Togo | 1,680 | 1:4,314 | 763 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Kedji (381) may also be a first name.
Kedji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kedji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kedji (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺠﻲ) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kedji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 119,235th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,890,414 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kedji are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 444,187th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 381 people.
This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 2,095 people, or 1 in 4,933. In Benin it is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 81 percent reside, Zou Department, where 6 percent reside and Mono Department, where 6 percent reside. Barring Benin it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 44 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kedji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kedji in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺠﻲ | kjy | - |
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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 Kedji
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