Adankole Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Adankole Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Adankole Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Adankole Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adankole is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adankole? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Adankole live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adancole881/
Adankal801/
Adankala75141/
Adankeli751/
Adankula751/
Hadankal751/
Addankula7148/
Hedankale712/
Addankala711/
Adhankula711/
Adounkola711/
Addhankula673/
Odongkol636/
Edonkoli631/
Hajdonkolaj631/
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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 Adankole
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