Adekanbi Surname

36,892nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adekanbi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adekanbi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria14,0541:12,6041,284
Benin1241:83,3529,826
United States901:4,027,321218,060
England191:2,932,529101,561
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Adekanbi (617) may also be a first name.

Adekanbi Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Adekanbi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 36,892nd most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 509,797 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adekanbi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 336,019th most common first name world-wide, borne by 617 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14,054 people, or 1 in 12,604. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 29 percent are found, Oyo, where 28 percent are found and Lagos, where 23 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Adekanbi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (72%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Adekanbi surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Adekanbi earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.25% less than the national average, earning $37,431 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 Adekanbi
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