Sodjo Surname
Approximately 2,219 people bear this surname
Sodjo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,351 | 1:7,650 | 1,051 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Burkina Faso | 83 | 1:221,110 | 4,608 |
| Ivory Coast | 64 | 1:360,488 | 12,777 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Södjo (1) are calculated separately.
Sodjo (579) may also be a first name.
Sodjo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sodjo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sodjo is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Södjo. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sodjo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 190,257th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,284,158 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sodjo live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sodjo is also the 348,009th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 579 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 1,351 people, or 1 in 7,650. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 36 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 28 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 18 percent are found. Other than Benin it is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 28 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 4 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 Sodjo
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