Adesuwa Surname

485,250th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 685 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adesuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adesuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6671:265,58115,197
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Adesuwa (7,737) may also be a first name.

Adesuwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adesuwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adesuwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 485,250th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,638,753 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Adesuwa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adesuwa is also the 72,676th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 7,737 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 667 people, or 1 in 265,581. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Edo, where 52 percent are found, Ondo, where 17 percent are found and Ekiti, where 9 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Adesuwa is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adeshuwa933/
Adesuba8624/
Adasuwa8613/
Adejuwa868/
Adesuwe863/
Adesuwo862/
Adisuwa861/
Adeshiwa803/
Adeajuwa802/
Adejuwua801/
Adesowo7166/
Adejuwo7156/
Edosuwa7118/
Adesubo713/
Adesubi711/
Edosuwah679/
Adejuwoh673/
Adeshowo672/
Adejuwou671/
Adizuwe571/
Odozuwa571/
Odesowo571/
Adischiva501/

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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 Adesuwa
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