Adekalu Surname
Approximately 748 people bear this surname
Adekalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 738 | 1:240,031 | 13,941 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Adekalu (43) may also be a first name.
Adekalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adekalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adekalu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adekalu? popularity and diffusion
Adekalu is the 453,475th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 9,742,708 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adekalu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 43 people.
The surname Adekalu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 738 people, or 1 in 240,031. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 34 percent reside, Lagos, where 25 percent reside and Oyo, where 20 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adekailu | 93 | 3 | / |
| Adekkalu | 93 | 3 | / |
| Gadekallu | 88 | 91 | / |
| Adekolu | 86 | 953 | / |
| Adakalu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Odekalu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Adikallu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Odekealu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Adekelou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aadakalu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Adakallu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gadikallu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Addakallu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adakhaleu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adakolu | 71 | 44 | / |
| Adikolu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adakoğlu | 67 | 210 | / |
| Gadikolu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Addakolu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hadikoğlu | 63 | 52 | / |
| Hedekoğlu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Addakollu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Edikoğlu | 53 | 10 | / |
| Adakoleu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hedykohlu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Adekalu
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