Adakwah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Adakwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Adakwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adakwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adakwah is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Adakwah.
How Common Is The Last Name Adakwah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Adakwah live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 57 percent are found and Abia, where 43 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Adakwah exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adankwah | 93 | 4 | / |
| Adaakwah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Adakwa | 92 | 305 | / |
| Adaakwa | 86 | 11 | / |
| Adokwah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Adakwaa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Adekwah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Adangwah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Adokwa | 77 | 205 | / |
| Adakwo | 77 | 25 | / |
| Adekwa | 77 | 15 | / |
| Adagwa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Adakua | 77 | 10 | / |
| Odakwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ashdagwah | 75 | 0 | / |
| Adhagwa | 71 | 20 | / |
| Adagbah | 71 | 6 | / |
| Adagwai | 71 | 5 | / |
| Adoukwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hadekwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adaikwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Edokwah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aadokwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adokwua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adoikwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Odankwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Addakua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adakuad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adangwea | 67 | 23 | / |
| Addakuha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Adakwah
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