Adekounte Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Adekounte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adekounte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin491:210,93119,709
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Adekounte (14) may also be a first name.

Adekounte Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adekounte occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Adekounte click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adekounte? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,746,821st most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Adekounte is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adekounte live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.

The last name Adekounte is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 210,931. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 51 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 33 percent live and Littoral Department, where 10 percent live. Other than Benin Adekounte occurs in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adekunte94316/
Adekantee785/
Adekanti713/
Adhekant711/
Gadekanti6716/
Adekayanti63235/
Adekayanty637/
Gaddekanti631/
Adekayanthi601/
Adikanti5910/
Hadikond592/
Adikanta592/
Hadikanta56100/
Gadikanti565/
Adikayanti535/
Goodykoont531/
Adikand502/

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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
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  • 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 Adekounte
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