Wadjou Surname
Approximately 664 people bear this surname
Wadjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 372 | 1:55,831 | 7,214 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Wadjou (48) may also be a first name.
Wadjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wadjou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺟﻮ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadjou? popularity and diffusion
Wadjou is the 496,702nd most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 10,975,220 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wadjou live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 39 percent live in Mande Africa. Wadjou is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 48 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 372 people, or 1 in 55,831. In Cameroon Wadjou is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 40 percent reside, North Region, where 22 percent reside and Centre Region, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 39 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wadjou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wadjou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺟﻮ | wajw | - |
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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 Wadjou
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