Adefeye Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Adefeye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adefeye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria721:2,460,31681,464
England101:5,571,806158,774
Benin81:1,291,95054,095

Adefeye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adefeye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Adefeye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,967,751st most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Adefeye are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 2,460,316. In Nigeria Adefeye is primarily found in: Ondo, where 61 percent are found, Lagos, where 26 percent are found and Oyo, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Adefeye exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent are found and Benin, where 9 percent are found.

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Odefey77217/
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Gadefay7114/
Adefeha7110/
Adefioy716/
Adefiyo716/
Adefiyi715/
Adefayo715/
Odefeya713/
Adefuyo712/
Adefejo712/
Edafeye711/
Adefahy711/
Adefuje711/
Adeifei711/
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Adefioya674/
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Adeufuyi672/
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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 Adefeye
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