Adegboye Surname

20,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adegboye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adegboye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria26,2101:6,759810
Togo6301:11,5042,968
England1401:397,98627,485
United States921:3,939,771214,590
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Belize11:355,4743,977
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Adégboyé (2) are calculated separately.

Adegboye (1,925) may also be a first name.

Adegboye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adegboye is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Adégboyé. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adegboye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 20,143rd most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 268,497 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adegboye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adegboye is also the 173,018th most widely held first name internationally, held by 1,925 people.

Adegboye is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26,210 people, or 1 in 6,759. In Nigeria Adegboye is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 29 percent live, Oyo, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 33 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Adegboye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Adegboye last name is predominantly Christian (69%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Adegboye surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Adegboye earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.93% less than the national average, earning $32,393 USD per year.

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Footnotes

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