Adegelu Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Adegelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 242 | 1:731,995 | 33,424 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Adegelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adegelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adegelu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adegelu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,011,991st most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adegelu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ogun, where 67 percent reside, Lagos, where 23 percent reside and Oyo, where 2 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adegeelu | 93 | 18 | / |
| Adegelou | 93 | 3 | / |
| Adeguelou | 88 | 338 | / |
| Adegalu | 86 | 277 | / |
| Adegolu | 86 | 261 | / |
| Adeselu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Adejelu | 86 | 6 | / |
| Adigelu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Adesilu | 71 | 46 | / |
| Adigilu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Odeselu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adagolu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adigillu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Adigallu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Adigollu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Addigolu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Addagalu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adagallu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Addagallu | 63 | 11 | / |
| Addigollu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Edigolu | 57 | 20 | / |
| Edagalu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Odagolu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Edigollu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Eedigollu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Adegelu
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