Kodjou Surname
Approximately 354 people bear this surname
Kodjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 331 | 1:62,746 | 8,007 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kodjou (95) may also be a first name.
Kodjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kodjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kodjou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺟﻮ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kodjou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kodjou? popularity and diffusion
Kodjou is the 794,916th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. The last name Kodjou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kodjou are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kodjou is also the 974,243rd most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 95 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 331 people, or 1 in 62,746. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 44 percent are found, West Region, where 30 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 23 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kodjou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kodjou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺟﻮ | kwjw | - |
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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 Kodjou
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