Adekale Surname

385,006th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 923 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adekale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adekale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8741:202,68112,123
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England91:6,190,895170,599
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Adekale (109) may also be a first name.

Adekale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adekale occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adekale? popularity and diffusion

The last name Adekale is the 385,006th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,895,499 people. The surname Adekale is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Adekale live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 109 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 874 people, or 1 in 202,681. In Nigeria Adekale is primarily found in: Osun, where 36 percent are found, Oyo, where 17 percent are found and Lagos, where 17 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Adekale Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Adekale last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Adekale earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 40.21% more than the national average, earning $60,500 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 Adekale
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