Yedje Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Yedje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Yedje (238) may also be a first name.
Yedje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yedje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yedje is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yedje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Yedje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Yedje are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 46 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 580,229th most commonly used forename in the world, held by 238 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 86 percent live, Centre Region, where 7 percent live and North Region, where 7 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Yedje is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 35 percent live and Benin, where 4 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 Yedje
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