Adefolaju Surname
Approximately 2,196 people bear this surname
Adefolaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,151 | 1:82,354 | 5,827 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Adefolaju (232) may also be a first name.
Adefolaju Demographics
Adefolaju Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Adefolaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adefolaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adefolaju is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adefolaju? popularity and diffusion
The surname Adefolaju is the 191,846th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,318,555 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Adefolaju are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adefolaju is also the 588,797th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 232 people.
Adefolaju is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,151 people, or 1 in 82,354. In Nigeria Adefolaju is most frequent in: Ondo, where 31 percent are found, Ekiti, where 28 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Adefolaju Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Adefolaju last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adefolau | 94 | 1 | / |
| Adefolaji | 89 | 70 | / |
| Adefolayu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Adefolou | 82 | 2 | / |
| Adefoulou | 78 | 138 | / |
| Adefolayo | 78 | 33 | / |
| Adefolawe | 78 | 17 | / |
| Adefolaha | 78 | 3 | / |
| Adefolojo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Adefalou | 71 | 159 | / |
| Adifalau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adefulue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adefuleji | 67 | 6 | / |
| Adefaleja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Adeffalou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adefalojo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adefalujo | 56 | 194 | / |
| Adefaloye | 56 | 5 | / |
| Adefuliye | 56 | 3 | / |
| Adefaluyo | 56 | 3 | / |
| Adefuloye | 56 | 2 | / |
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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 Adefolaju
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