Yedji Surname
Approximately 612 people bear this surname
Yedji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 533 | 1:19,391 | 2,593 |
| Niger | 69 | 1:278,145 | 8,561 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Yedji (73) may also be a first name.
Yedji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yedji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yedji has its highest incidence in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yedji.
How Common Is The Last Name Yedji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yedji is the 528,890th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,907,755 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yedji reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most prevalent first name globally, held by 73 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 533 people, or 1 in 19,391. In Benin it is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 34 percent live, Zou Department, where 24 percent live and Littoral Department, where 18 percent live. Excluding Benin Yedji occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 11 percent live and The Ivory Coast, 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 Yedji
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