Adefowoju Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adefowoju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adefowoju Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2471:717,17732,914
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Adefowoju (11) may also be a first name.

Adefowoju Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adefowoju is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adefowoju? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 990,978th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Adefowoju reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adefowoju is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 11 people.

Adefowoju is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 247 people, or 1 in 717,177. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Osun, where 31 percent reside, Ondo, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 0 percent reside.

Adefowoju Last Name Statistics demography

Adefowoju earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.33% less than the national average, earning $27,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adefoowoju951/
Adefiowoju951/
Adefowju941/
Adefowuju896/
Adefoju885/
Adefojuwo7851/
Adifowojo785/
Adefojuwe781/
Adefiju7512/
Adevoju751/
Adefiiju713/
Adefiyiju67147/
Adefeyiju67124/
Adefuwaji674/
Adefajuyi673/
Adefiyuju671/

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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 Adefowoju
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