Oidja Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Oidja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
The alternate forms: Oïdja (1) are calculated separately.
Oidja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oidja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oidja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺝ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms: Oïdja. Click here to see other possible spellings of Oidja.
How Common Is The Last Name Oidja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oidja is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Oidja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oidja live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: North Region, where 50 percent reside, Centre Region, where 25 percent reside and West Region, where 25 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oidja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oidja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺝ | awj | - |
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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 Oidja
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