Adekah Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Adekah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Adekah (37) may also be a first name.
Adekah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adekah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adekah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﻛﺎﻩ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Adekah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adekah live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adekah is also the 1,688,769th most widespread given name in the world, held by 37 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Adekah is most common in: Benue, where 79 percent live, Nasarawa, where 7 percent live and Ogun, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adekah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adekah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺩﻛﺎﻩ | adkah | - |
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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 Adekah
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