Adedotun Surname

93,564th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,098 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adedotun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adedotun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5,0461:35,1062,868
England261:2,143,00282,017
United States141:25,889,924709,614
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Guyana11:762,22114,420
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Adedotun (5,778) may also be a first name.

Adedotun Last Name Facts

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

Adedotun is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adedotun? popularity and diffusion

Adedotun is the 93,564th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,429,491 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adedotun live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 87,799th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 5,778 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,046 people, or 1 in 35,106. In Nigeria Adedotun is primarily found in: Oyo, where 27 percent are found, Osun, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 16 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adeddotun944/
Addedotun944/
Adeadotun941/
Adedotoun941/
Adedotunh941/
Odedotun8833/
Adedutun889/
Adedoton886/
Adedetun882/
Adedotum881/

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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 Adedotun
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