Adefolu Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adefolu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Adefolu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3521:503,24625,072
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Adefolu (61) may also be a first name.

Adefolu Last Name Facts

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

Adefolu is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Adefolu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adefolu? popularity and diffusion

Adefolu is the 785,023rd most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Adefolu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 61 people.

The last name Adefolu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 503,246. In Nigeria Adefolu is mostly found in: Lagos, where 43 percent reside, Ogun, where 43 percent reside and Oyo, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Adefolu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Adefalu86608/
Adefulu86341/
Adefelu86106/
Adefalou80159/
Adefaliu803/
Adeffalou751/
Adifalu718/
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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 Adefolu
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