Adawn Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adawn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adawn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria411:4,320,555118,938
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Adawn (37) may also be a first name.

Adawn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adawn is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adawn? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,944,094th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Adawn occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Adawn live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 37 people.

Adawn is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria Adawn is most frequent in: Kogi, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Adawn exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adawin9110/
Adauwn911/
Adaween8316/
Ashdawn830/
Odawn80547/
Adown80355/
Adewn801/
Adavn801/
Addawing771/
Hadawing771/
Adaben7314/
Adewin737/
Gadown735/
Edawin734/
Odawin734/
Adouwn734/
Hodawn732/
Adabin731/
Adavne731/
Adowin731/
Godawn730/
Asdown730/
Easdown67277/
Hadaben67147/
Aidabin6714/
Adewuin675/
Odawing674/
Odaiwin672/
Audabin672/
Hadabin671/

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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 Adawn
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