Koudje Surname
Approximately 565 people bear this surname
Koudje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 278 | 1:37,178 | 4,802 |
| Cameroon | 171 | 1:121,457 | 13,881 |
| Niger | 42 | 1:456,953 | 12,306 |
| Ivory Coast | 41 | 1:562,713 | 17,068 |
| Burkina Faso | 32 | 1:573,503 | 7,444 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Koudje (573) may also be a first name.
Koudje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koudje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koudje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺟﻪ) is found most in Benin. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koudje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Koudje is the 561,353rd most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 12,898,311 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Koudje live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 350,163rd most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 573 people.
The last name Koudje is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 278 people, or 1 in 37,178. In Benin Koudje is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 93 percent live, Collines Department, where 4 percent live and Littoral Department, where 1 percent live. Besides Benin this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 30 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koudje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koudje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺟﻪ | kwjh | - |
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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 Koudje
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