Adefunke Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adefunke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adefunke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1561:1,135,53046,612
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England21:27,859,030389,889

Adefunke (11,256) may also be a first name.

Adefunke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adefunke has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Adefunke.

How Common Is The Last Name Adefunke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Adefunke is the 1,348,199th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Adefunke reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adefunke is also the 56,602nd most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 11,256 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 1,135,530. In Nigeria Adefunke is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 25 percent are found, Osun, where 16 percent are found and Ogun, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Adefunke Last Name Statistics demography

Adefunke earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 59.33% more than the national average, earning $68,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adefounke941/
Odefunke88197/
Adefunka881/
Atie Funke781/
Edufunke759/
Itafounke711/
Yadfung674/

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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 Adefunke
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