Adalphus Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adalphus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adalphus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Adalphus (15) may also be a first name.

Adalphus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Adalphus Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Adalphus occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Adalphus.

How Common Is The Last Name Adalphus? popularity and diffusion

Adalphus is the 5,391,485th most common surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Adalphus is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Adalphus are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adalphus is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 64 percent are found, Abia, where 9 percent are found and Delta, where 9 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 8 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adolphus884,476/
Adolphous8246/
Adoulphus8210/
Adolphaus8210/
Aidolphus821/
Adolpheus821/
Adolpus8010/
Adolfphous781/
Adolphos7533/
Adolhpus754/
Adolpfus753/
Edolphus752/
Adolpuus751/
Adolfus6778/
Adalfou672/
Adoulfus631/
Adolfous631/
Adolfu57962/
Adolfos534/

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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 Adalphus
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