Adefisan Surname

251,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,575 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adefisan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adefisan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5231:116,3127,708
England391:1,428,66862,556
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Adefisan (51) may also be a first name.

Adefisan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adefisan is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Adefisan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adefisan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 251,505th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,627,013 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Adefisan are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 51 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,523 people, or 1 in 116,312. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Osun, where 49 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Ogun, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Adefisan Last Name Statistics demography

Adefisan earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

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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 Adefisan
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