Adendorff Surname

141,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Adendorff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adendorff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,0001:18,0592,272
Australia381:710,41347,396
United States341:10,660,557428,392
England291:1,921,31276,208
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Adendorff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adendorff is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Adendorff.

How Common Is The Last Name Adendorff? popularity and diffusion

Adendorff is the 141,820th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,320,136 people. Adendorff is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Adendorff live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 3,000 people, or 1 in 18,059. In South Africa Adendorff is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 38 percent live, Gauteng, where 24 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Adendorff Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Adendorff earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 43.73% more than the national average, earning R 341,556 per year and in United States they earn 59.04% more than the national average, earning $68,625 USD per year.

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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
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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 Adendorff
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