Adejayan Surname

187,259th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adejayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adejayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,2191:79,8305,659
United States181:20,136,607622,629
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
England61:9,286,343223,652
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Adejayan (58) may also be a first name.

Adejayan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adejayan is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adejayan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 187,259th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,226,005 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adejayan live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 58 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,219 people, or 1 in 79,830. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 66 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Oyo, where 4 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Adejayan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Adejayan last name is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Adejayan earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.72% less than the national average, earning $33,344 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
  • 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 Adejayan
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