Sedjou Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Sedjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 209 | 1:110,389 | 5,588 |
| Benin | 144 | 1:71,775 | 8,650 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
Sedjou (95) may also be a first name.
Sedjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sedjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sedjou occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sedjou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sedjou is the 769,129th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. Sedjou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sedjou are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sedjou is also the 974,243rd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 95 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 110,389. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 68 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 8 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast Sedjou exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 39 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
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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 Sedjou
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