Kodji Surname
Approximately 7,900 people bear this surname
Kodji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 6,323 | 1:3,285 | 396 |
| Ivory Coast | 596 | 1:38,710 | 2,536 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Benin | 358 | 1:28,870 | 3,825 |
| Indonesia | 94 | 1:1,406,906 | 96,143 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kodji (22,053) may also be a first name.
Kodji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kodji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kodji is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kodji? popularity and diffusion
Kodji is the 63,402nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 922,474 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kodji reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kodji is also the 35,146th most prevalent forename throughout the world, borne by 22,053 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 6,323 people, or 1 in 3,285. In Cameroon Kodji is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 88 percent reside, North Region, where 10 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Kodji exists in 17 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent reside and Ghana, where 5 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 Kodji
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