Khedja Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Khedja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Khedja (13) may also be a first name.
Khedja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khedja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khedja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﺠﻪ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khedja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Khedja reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Khedja is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 13 people.
Khedja is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania it is most common in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 33 percent live and Trarza Region, where 33 percent live. Barring Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khedja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khedja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﺠﻪ | khjh | 75 |
| ﺧﺪﺝ | khdj | 25 |
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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 Khedja
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