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
Medji (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﺝ) is most common in Benin. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Medji is the 334,183rd most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,595,064 people. The surname Medji occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Medji reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 630,600th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 206 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 593 people, or 1 in 17,429. In Benin Medji is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 47 percent reside, Zou Department, where 23 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 17 percent reside. Other than Benin it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 19 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
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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