Adewa Surname
Approximately 1,501 people bear this surname
Adewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Nigeria | 697 | 1:254,150 | 14,653 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Adewa (239) may also be a first name.
Adewa Demographics
Adewa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Adewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adewa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﻭﻩ) occurs most in Togo. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 261,481st most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,855,127 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Adewa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 578,640th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 239 people.
Adewa is most widely held in Togo, where it is held by 735 people, or 1 in 9,861. Without taking into account Togo this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 46 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.
Adewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Adewa last name is chiefly Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adewa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adewa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺩﻭﻩ | adwh | 50 |
| ﺃﺩﻭﻩ | adwh | 50 |
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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 Adewa
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