Wodje Surname
Approximately 422 people bear this surname
Wodje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 403 | 1:57,249 | 3,405 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Wodje (344) may also be a first name.
Wodje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wodje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wodje is found most in The Ivory Coast. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wodje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wodje is the 698,433rd most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Wodje are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 470,492nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 344 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 403 people, or 1 in 57,249. In The Ivory Coast Wodje is most common in: Comoé District, where 56 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 35 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 4 percent live. Barring The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Niger, where 1 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 Wodje
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