Adegeye Surname

295,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adegeye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adegeye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2381:143,0889,148
England291:1,921,31276,208
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Adegeye (39) may also be a first name.

Adegeye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adegeye is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adegeye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 295,200th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,640,515 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Adegeye are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adegeye is also the 1,637,361st most commonly used first name on earth, held by 39 people.

The surname Adegeye is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,238 people, or 1 in 143,088. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ondo, where 55 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Oyo, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Adegeye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Adegeye last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Adegeye earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.71% more than the national average, earning $44,750 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Adegeye
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