Adejumo Surname

12,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44,371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adejumo Surname User-submission:

The Adejumo surname originated from the Yoruba land in Nigeria. It is mostly used by royals from Oyo and Osun states. It means 'the crown unites'. It comes from ade, meaning 'crown', and jumo, meaning 'to unite'.

Adejumo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria43,7121:4,052534
England3681:151,40814,447
United States1671:2,170,413136,881
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Iceland121:31,6742,357
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Benin81:1,291,95054,095
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Adejumo (1,596) may also be a first name.

Adejumo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Adejumo surname originated from the Yoruba land in Nigeria. It is mostly used by royals from Oyo and Osun states. It means 'the crown unites'. It comes from ade, meaning 'crown', and jumo, meaning 'to unite'.

- donsammy

Adejumo Last Name Facts

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

Adejumo occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Adejumo? popularity and diffusion

Adejumo is the 12,651st most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 164,241 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adejumo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 193,491st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,596 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43,712 people, or 1 in 4,052. In Nigeria Adejumo is mostly found in: Oyo, where 26 percent reside, Osun, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Adejumo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (75%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Adejumo are 39.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.31% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Adejumo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.54% more than the national average, earning R 341,100 per year and in United States they earn 12.7% less than the national average, earning $37,670 USD per year.

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