Ledjou Surname
Approximately 1,958 people bear this surname
Ledjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,214 | 1:19,004 | 1,440 |
| Benin | 680 | 1:15,199 | 2,060 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Lédjou (1) are calculated separately.
Ledjou (745) may also be a first name.
Ledjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ledjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ledjou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It can also be found as a variant: Lédjou. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ledjou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ledjou is the 210,752nd most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,721,934 people. The surname Ledjou is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Ledjou live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 301,287th most common first name world-wide It is held by 745 people.
The surname Ledjou is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,214 people, or 1 in 19,004. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Lagunes District, where 51 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 25 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 19 percent reside. Not including The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 35 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 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 Ledjou
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