Adelele Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adelele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adelele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Adelele (14) may also be a first name.

Adelele Last Name Facts

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

Adelele is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adelele? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Adelele is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adelele live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent given name in the world It is held by 14 people.

The surname Adelele is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 21 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Ogun, where 16 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adielele933/
Adeleile931/
Adelhelea880/
Adelela8611/
Adilele868/
Adelile867/
Odelele866/
Adelale865/
Goudelele751/
Edilele7131/
Adelali7114/
Adelili713/
Adelila711/
Edelile711/
Addelali671/
Adelaila671/
Adelaali671/
Audileila631/
Adilesliy631/
Adalali5716/
Edelali5710/
Adaloli576/
Adalale574/
Adilali573/
Adolili572/
Adilila571/
Adilaali537/
Addalali531/
Adahlali531/
Hadjlali531/
Aidalaali504/

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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 Adelele
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