Adedeji Surname
Approximately 90,650 people bear this surname
Adedeji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88,385 | 1:2,004 | 266 |
| England | 842 | 1:66,173 | 7,690 |
| United States | 580 | 1:624,929 | 50,458 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| Ireland | 36 | 1:130,804 | 6,280 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Scotland | 25 | 1:214,153 | 11,205 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Iceland | 16 | 1:23,756 | 1,850 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Adedeji (19,100) may also be a first name.
Adedeji Demographics
Average Male Adedeji Height
173.48 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Adedeji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adedeji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adedeji is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adedeji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,245th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 80,392 people. The surname Adedeji is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Adedeji reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adedeji is also the 39,139th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 19,100 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 88,385 people, or 1 in 2,004. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 27 percent live, Osun, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 17 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 53 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Adedeji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Adedeji last name is chiefly Christian (73%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Adedeji surname are 42.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.38% registered with the party.
The amount Adedeji earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 0.87% less than the national average, earning $42,775 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.93% less than the national average, earning $41,768 CAD per year.
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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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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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