Kodje Surname
Approximately 407 people bear this surname
Kodje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 363 | 1:28,473 | 3,785 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Kodjé (1) are calculated separately.
Kodje (632) may also be a first name.
Kodje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kodje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kodje is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kodjé. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kodje? popularity and diffusion
Kodje is the 717,442nd most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,905,518 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kodje reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kodje is also the 331,170th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 632 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 363 people, or 1 in 28,473. In Benin Kodje is most common in: Collines Department, where 50 percent reside, Zou Department, where 46 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Benin this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, 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 Kodje
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