Adefemi Surname

69,064th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adefemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adefemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7,1031:24,9392,174
England381:1,466,26563,675
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Adefemi (4,641) may also be a first name.

Adefemi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adefemi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adefemi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 69,064th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,014,413 people. The last name Adefemi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adefemi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adefemi is also the 100,644th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 4,641 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7,103 people, or 1 in 24,939. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 22 percent are found, Ekiti, where 21 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Adefemi occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Adefemi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (91%) in Nigeria.

Adefemi earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adeefemi933/
Audefemi931/
Aidefemi931/
Odefemi86464/
Adefami8665/
Adafemi861/
Adefemy861/
Adephemiy751/
Odafemi712/
Adefahmy678/
Adifemey671/
Edeifime532/

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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 Adefemi
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