Adatunji Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adatunji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adatunji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Adatunji (4) may also be a first name.

Adatunji Last Name Facts

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

Adatunji occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adatunji? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Adatunji live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,192,526th most numerous given name in the world, held by 4 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 67 percent reside and Rivers, where 33 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Adatunji exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside.

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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 Adatunji
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