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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Adakwah.
How Common Is The Last Name Adakwah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Adakwah is the 6,360,413th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Adakwah live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Adakwah is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 57 percent are found and Abia, where 43 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Adakwah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis