Adefe Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Adefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Adefe (50) may also be a first name.
Adefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adefe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adefe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,710,039th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname Adefe occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Adefe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most commonly used given name on earth. It is borne by 50 people.
Adefe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 1,581,632. In Nigeria Adefe is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 29 percent reside, Ondo, where 19 percent reside and Oyo, where 17 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Adefe
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