Adefalou Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Adefalou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 158 | 1:65,415 | 7,986 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Adefalou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adefalou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adefalou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Adefalou? popularity and diffusion
Adefalou is the 1,380,086th most common surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Adefalou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adefalou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Adefalou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 65,415. In Benin Adefalou is mostly found in: Plateau Department, where 64 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 31 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Benin Adefalou is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adeffalou | 94 | 1 | / |
| Adefalu | 93 | 608 | / |
| Adefalo | 93 | 3 | / |
| Adefaliu | 88 | 3 | / |
| Adefolou | 88 | 2 | / |
| Adefalujo | 82 | 194 | / |
| Adefoulou | 82 | 138 | / |
| Adefaloye | 82 | 5 | / |
| Adefaluyo | 82 | 3 | / |
| Adefalojo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Adefala | 80 | 907 | / |
| Adefolu | 80 | 360 | / |
| Adifalu | 80 | 8 | / |
| Adeafala | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adifalau | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adefolau | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adefolaju | 71 | 2,196 | / |
| Adefolayo | 71 | 33 | / |
| Adefaleja | 71 | 3 | / |
| Adefolojo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adefolayu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adifala | 67 | 267 | / |
| Adefola | 67 | 126 | / |
| Adefolaji | 59 | 70 | / |
| Adefolawe | 59 | 17 | / |
| Adefolaha | 59 | 3 | / |
| Adeifeola | 59 | 3 | / |
| Odefola | 53 | 4 | / |
| Odifala | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Adefalou
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