Adeleyi Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Adeleyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Adeleyi (18) may also be a first name.
Adeleyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adeleyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adeleyi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adeleyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Adeleyi is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adeleyi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adeleyi is also the 2,608,198th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 18 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria Adeleyi is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 29 percent live, Ondo, where 22 percent live and Ogun, where 14 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent live.
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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 Adeleyi
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