Adanji Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Adanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
Adanji (27) may also be a first name.
Adanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adanji (Marathi: आदानजी) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adanji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Adanji is the 2,483,783rd most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Adanji are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 27 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 95 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 2 percent reside and Ogun, where 2 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Adanji exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 32 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adanji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adanji in the Marathi language | ||
| आदानजी | adanaji | - |
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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 Adanji
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