Adelabou Surname

457,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Adelabou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adelabou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin7271:14,2171,931
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

The alternate forms: Adélabou (1) are calculated separately.

Adelabou (24) may also be a first name.

Adelabou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adelabou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Adélabou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adelabou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 457,658th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 9,861,361 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adelabou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name globally It is held by 24 people.

The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 727 people, or 1 in 14,217. In Benin it is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 43 percent live, Plateau Department, where 35 percent live and Littoral Department, where 11 percent live. Excluding Benin it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adélabou961/
Adelabu9312,925/
Adelabo9321/
Adieliabou8930/
Eadelabu883/
Adelabau883/
Adeilabu883/
Gadelabu882/
Adelaubu881/
Adelabut881/
Adeleabu881/
Adelaboye824/
Adelabayo821/
Odelabu80106/
Adelawo8017/
Adelowu8013/
Adelaba808/
Adilabu801/
Adelobu801/
Adelauwa751/
Adelowo6711,825/
Adelawa67191/
Adelova67143/
Adeloba6783/
Adelowa6719/
Adelová679/
Adhelabhai673/
Adilaba671/

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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 Adelabou
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