Adefashe Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adefashe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adefashe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Adefashe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adefashe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adefashe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Adefashe is the 4,206,983rd most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Adefashe is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Adefashe live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Adefashe is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Adefashe is most frequent in: Ogun, where 53 percent are found and Lagos, where 42 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adefase9332/
Adefash9316/
Adifashe883/
Adifase805/
Adefise804/
Adefasi801/
Adefese801/
Audifase752/
Adifas711/
Adefoyese711/
Audifas67124/
Adefosi677/
Adefesi671/
Adiface671/
Audifasi63206/
Audiface6344/
Edafease639/
Audifasy634/
Adefesoi631/
Adefoussi5928/
Adeffoussi561/
Hadaphaase561/
Audifax53415/
Edafese5311/
Odifasi531/
Audiphas5059/
Ogyifase501/

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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 Adefashe
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