Lodjou Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Lodjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 325 | 1:31,802 | 4,172 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lodjou (55) may also be a first name.
Lodjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lodjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lodjou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lodjou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 758,524th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lodjou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly used given name on earth, held by 55 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 325 people, or 1 in 31,802. In Benin Lodjou is primarily concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 44 percent are found, Zou Department, where 30 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 10 percent are found. Besides Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Lodjou
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