Adewal Surname

472,684th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 709 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adewal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adewal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6321:280,28915,837
Indonesia761:1,740,121112,888
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Adewal (22) may also be a first name.

Adewal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adewal is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adewal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 472,684th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 10,278,626 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Adewal reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent given name in the world, held by 22 people.

The surname Adewal is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 632 people, or 1 in 280,289. In Nigeria Adewal is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 85 percent live, Osun, where 5 percent live and Cross River, where 3 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Adewal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Adewal last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

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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 Adewal
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