Adanu Surname
Approximately 13,471 people bear this surname
Adanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 5,312 | 1:18,363 | 2,443 |
| Nigeria | 5,131 | 1:34,524 | 2,823 |
| Ghana | 2,979 | 1:9,070 | 1,231 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Adanu (2,389) may also be a first name.
Adanu Demographics
Adanu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Adanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adanu (Hindi: आदंू, Marathi: अदनु, Oriya: ଆଦନୁ) is found most in Ethiopia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adanu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 39,015th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 540,980 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adanu are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adanu is also the 151,876th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 2,389 people.
The surname Adanu is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 5,312 people, or 1 in 18,363. Outside of Ethiopia Adanu is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 38 percent reside and Ghana, where 22 percent reside.
Adanu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (79%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adanu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adanu in the Hindi language | ||
| आदंू | adamu | - |
| Adanu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଦନୁ | adanu | 96.67 |
| ଅଡନୁ | adanu | 3.33 |
| Adanu in the Marathi language | ||
| अदनु | adanu | 57.14 |
| आदनू | adanu | 14.29 |
| अडानु | adanu | 14.29 |
| अडणु | adanu | 14.29 |
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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 Adanu
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