Adekitan Surname
Approximately 1,212 people bear this surname
Adekitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,193 | 1:148,485 | 9,435 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Adekitan (279) may also be a first name.
Adekitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adekitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adekitan is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Adekitan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adekitan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 310,758th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,012,827 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adekitan reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adekitan is also the 531,524th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 279 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,193 people, or 1 in 148,485. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 37 percent live, Lagos, where 28 percent live and Ogun, where 19 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adekiitan | 94 | 454 | / |
| Adektan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Adkitan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Adekiton | 88 | 10 | / |
| Adekotan | 88 | 3 | / |
| Adekitun | 88 | 3 | / |
| Adkiitan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Adakiitan | 82 | 3 | / |
| Adekiiten | 82 | 3 | / |
| Adekietun | 82 | 1 | / |
| Adekotun | 75 | 124 | / |
| Atekotan | 75 | 39 | / |
| Adakatan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adaiktan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Attekotan | 71 | 18 | / |
| Yodokitan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Udoeketan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adukkatan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adicton | 67 | 4 | / |
| Etictan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adigton | 67 | 0 | / |
| Edikeiton | 59 | 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
- 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 Adekitan
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