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
Kodjou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺟﻮ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kodjou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 794,916th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. It occurs mostly 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 widely held first name internationally It is held by 95 people.
The last name Kodjou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 331 people, or 1 in 62,746. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 44 percent live, West Region, where 30 percent live and Littoral Region, where 23 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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