Adesewa Surname

790,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 357 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adesewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adesewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3531:501,82125,034
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Adesewa (3,805) may also be a first name.

Adesewa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adesewa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Adesewa.

How Common Is The Last Name Adesewa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 790,102nd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 20,413,294 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adesewa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 113,985th most commonly occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 3,805 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 353 people, or 1 in 501,821. In Nigeria Adesewa is most numerous in: Oyo, where 28 percent live, Ondo, where 19 percent live and Imo, where 18 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Adesewa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Adesewa surname is primarily Christian (66%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adeshewa934/
Adesewo86223/
Adesewe8646/
Adesiwa8615/
Adeseewo8056/
Adesheva8040/
Adeshewo8029/
Adeshiwa803/
Adeshewe801/
Gadesewou751/
Adesowo7166/
Adyseva7148/
Adaseva7134/
Adegiwa7119/
Adesawo7110/
Adisiwa717/
Adesiba714/
Adesibe713/
Gaydesheva712/
Adejeva712/
Adoseva711/
Adegeba711/
Aidasawa67252/
Edesheva6710/
Adhesive679/
Odeseeva678/
Gadiseva674/
Adaseeva673/
Adeshibe672/
Adeshowo672/
Adiseeva672/
Adhegeba671/
Audejeva671/
Adesaywo671/
Adassawa671/
Adessibe671/
Adessebe671/
Hadejeva671/

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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 Adesewa
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