Adesakin Surname

214,006th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,923 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adesakin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adesakin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,8751:94,4766,506
England411:1,358,97760,528
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Adesakin (520) may also be a first name.

Adesakin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adesakin is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Adesakin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adesakin? popularity and diffusion

Adesakin is the 214,006th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,789,675 people. The surname Adesakin occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Adesakin live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adesakin is also the 370,386th most common forename worldwide It is held by 520 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,875 people, or 1 in 94,476. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Osun, where 48 percent are found, Oyo, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Adesakin Last Name Statistics demography

Adesakin earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adeshakin94212/
Adeseakin943/
Adessakin941/
Adesokin888/
Adesekin886/
Odesakin885/
Adosakin885/
Adesaken883/
Adesakim883/
Adesokn804/
Gadisakina781/
Adesoken7514/
Adejokin751/
Adechokin717/

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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 Adesakin
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