Adekogbe Surname

416,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 834 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adekogbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Adekogbe 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
Nigeria7971:222,26213,115
England261:2,143,00282,017
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943

Adekogbe (18) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Nigeria

Adekogbe Demographics

Adekogbe Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

Sample size: 117 (2012)

Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

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Adekogbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adekogbe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adekogbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Adekogbe is the 416,960th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,738,065 people. The last name Adekogbe occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Adekogbe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adekogbe is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.

The surname Adekogbe is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 797 people, or 1 in 222,262. In Nigeria Adekogbe is most common in: Ogun, where 33 percent reside, Lagos, where 30 percent reside and Oyo, where 16 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Adekogbe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Adekogbe last name is primarily Christian (91%) in Nigeria.

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
Adekongbe945/
Adeakogbe943/
Adekoungbe892/
Adekugbe88523/
Adekogba88107/
Adekegbe881/
Adekagbe881/
Adekungbe8242/
Adekangbe826/
Adekugba753/
Hedokegbe594/
Edokagbe501/
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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 Adekogbe
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