Adekeke Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adekeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Adekeke Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria921:1,925,46568,462
England11:55,718,059489,080

Adekeke (10) may also be a first name.

Adekeke Last Name Facts

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

Adekeke is found most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adekeke? popularity and diffusion

Adekeke is the 1,931,261st most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name Adekeke is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adekeke reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adekeke is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 10 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 1,925,465. In Nigeria Adekeke is most frequent in: Oyo, where 40 percent reside, Osun, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adekoke86133/
Adekike8698/
Adakeke8639/
Adeceke861/
Odekeike801/
Adekioke801/
Audekeek801/
Odekek777/
Adecek770/
Adeqoke718/
Adekiki712/
Adekoki711/
Odekike711/
Odakeke711/
Odikeke711/
Adekoyka673/
Adegkoke673/
Show All Similar Surnames

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Adekeke
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis