Adedoye Surname

251,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,576 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adedoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adedoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5661:113,1187,521
England81:6,964,757184,742
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Adedoye (98) may also be a first name.

Adedoye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adedoye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Adedoye.

How Common Is The Last Name Adedoye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 251,389th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,624,077 people. Adedoye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adedoye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 956,749th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 98 people.

The surname Adedoye is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,566 people, or 1 in 113,118. In Nigeria Adedoye is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 24 percent are found, Osun, where 20 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.

Adedoye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Adedoye surname is chiefly Christian (90%) in Nigeria.

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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 Adedoye
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