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/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kodjou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kodjou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 794,916th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. It 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. It is also the 974,243rd most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 95 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 331 people, or 1 in 62,746. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 44 percent are found, West Region, where 30 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 23 percent are found. Other than 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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