Medji Surname
Approximately 1,105 people bear this surname
Medji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 593 | 1:17,429 | 2,359 |
| Cameroon | 210 | 1:98,900 | 11,715 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Algeria | 72 | 1:536,549 | 37,821 |
| Niger | 50 | 1:383,840 | 10,800 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Medji (206) may also be a first name.
Medji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Medji (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﺝ) is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Medji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 334,183rd most prevalent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 6,595,064 people. Medji occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Medji live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Medji is also the 630,600th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 206 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 593 people, or 1 in 17,429. In Benin it is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 47 percent are found, Zou Department, where 23 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 17 percent are found. Beside Benin it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Medji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Medji in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺪﺝ | mdj | 33.33 |
| ﻣﺠﻲ | mjy | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﺞ | amj | 33.33 |
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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 Medji
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