Adechan Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Adechan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 26 | 1:397,523 | 29,143 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Adechan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adechan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adechan occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Adechan.
How Common Is The Last Name Adechan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Adechan are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Adechan is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 397,523. In Benin it is most common in: Plateau Department, where 85 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 8 percent live and Collines Department, where 4 percent live. Not including Benin it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live.
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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 Adechan
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