Adayi Surname
Approximately 2,808 people bear this surname
Adayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,026 | 1:172,654 | 10,677 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| India | 92 | 1:8,337,667 | 172,929 |
| Turkey | 30 | 1:2,594,047 | 79,854 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Adayi (351) may also be a first name.
Adayi Demographics
Adayi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Adayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adayi (Hindi: आदयिा, Oriya: ଆଦାୟୀ) occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 155,981st most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,595,280 people. Adayi is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Adayi reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adayi is also the 465,148th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 351 people.
The surname Adayi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,026 people, or 1 in 172,654. In Nigeria Adayi is primarily found in: Benue, where 38 percent live, Cross River, where 17 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 34 percent live and Ghana, where 22 percent live.
Adayi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adayi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଦାୟୀ | adayi | 66.67 |
| ଆଦାୟି | adayi | 33.33 |
| Adayi in the Hindi language | ||
| आदयिा | adayia | 50 |
| अदयी | adayi | 50 |
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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 Adayi
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