Adetunji Surname
Approximately 57,908 people bear this surname
Adetunji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56,883 | 1:3,114 | 420 |
| England | 479 | 1:116,322 | 11,861 |
| United States | 342 | 1:1,059,821 | 77,412 |
| Canada | 57 | 1:646,414 | 52,764 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Iceland | 13 | 1:29,238 | 2,297 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
The alternate forms: Adétúnjí (1) are calculated separately.
Adetunji (15,601) may also be a first name.
Adetunji Demographics
Average Adetunji Salary in
United States
$55,465 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Adetunji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adetunji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adetunji is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Adétúnjí. For other potential spellings of Adetunji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adetunji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 9,758th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 125,847 people. The last name Adetunji occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Adetunji are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 45,152nd most frequently held given name internationally. It is borne by 15,601 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 56,883 people, or 1 in 3,114. In Nigeria Adetunji is primarily found in: Oyo, where 32 percent live, Osun, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 46 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Adetunji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (70%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Adetunji surname are 41.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.29% being registered with the party.
The amount Adetunji earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 28.54% more than the national average, earning $55,465 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.91% less than the national average, earning $35,321 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aadetunji | 94 | 25 | / |
| Adeetunji | 94 | 19 | / |
| Adetuniji | 94 | 8 | / |
| Addetunji | 94 | 8 | / |
| Eadetunji | 94 | 5 | / |
| Adetuunji | 94 | 4 | / |
| Adettunji | 94 | 3 | / |
| Adeutunji | 94 | 3 | / |
| Adetundji | 94 | 2 | / |
| Adetunjii | 94 | 2 | / |
| Adetunnji | 94 | 2 | / |
| Adejtunji | 94 | 1 | / |
| Adoetunji | 94 | 1 | / |
| Adetunjit | 94 | 1 | / |
| Adhetunji | 94 | 1 | / |
| Adetunjie | 94 | 1 | / |
| Adetoundji | 89 | 94 | / |
| Adetaunjih | 89 | 1 | / |
| Odetunji | 88 | 355 | / |
| Adetungi | 88 | 37 | / |
| Adetunsi | 88 | 16 | / |
| Adetunje | 88 | 11 | / |
| Adetinji | 88 | 9 | / |
| Adetumji | 88 | 6 | / |
| Adatunji | 88 | 4 | / |
| Adotunji | 88 | 3 | / |
| Adetonji | 88 | 2 | / |
| Adétúnjí | 88 | 1 | / |
| Aditunji | 88 | 1 | / |
| Adetunge | 75 | 8 | / |
| Adetunye | 75 | 6 | / |
| Odatunji | 75 | 3 | / |
| Odetonji | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adetunzhy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adetunshe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Odetunye | 63 | 1 | / |
| Odetoniyi | 59 | 3 | / |
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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
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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 Adetunji
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