Adekotun Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adekotun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Adekotun Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1241:1,428,57155,237
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Nigeria

Adekotun Demographics

Adekotun Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

Sample size: 58 (2012)

Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

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Adekotun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adekotun occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Adekotun? popularity and diffusion

The last name Adekotun is the 1,620,164th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname Adekotun is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adekotun live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Adekotun is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 63 percent reside, Kano, where 15 percent reside and Kaduna, where 12 percent reside.

Adekotun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Adekotun surname is principally Christian (86%) 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
Adekitun883/
Adekotan883/
Adekodun881/
Adekietun821/
Adektan801/
Adekitan751,212/
Atekotan7539/
Atikotun7523/
Adekiton7510/
Adokotin752/
Adekiitan71454/
Attekotan7118/
Adekiiten713/
Adekoya-Toyin672/
Adkitan671/
Hedakhatun561/
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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 Adekotun
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