Adewale Surname
Approximately 108,543 people bear this surname
Adewale Surname User-submission:
A combination of the Yoruba names ade, which means 'crown' and wale, which means 'return home' for a meaning of 'the crown has come home'.
Adewale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 105,816 | 1:1,674 | 221 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Benin | 649 | 1:15,925 | 2,150 |
| England | 587 | 1:94,920 | 10,135 |
| United States | 437 | 1:829,425 | 63,547 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Ireland | 44 | 1:107,021 | 5,562 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
The alternate forms: Adewalé (2) are calculated separately.
Adewale (119,447) may also be a first name.
Adewale Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A combination of the Yoruba names ade, which means 'crown' and wale, which means 'return home' for a meaning of 'the crown has come home'.
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Adewale Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Adewale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adewale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adewale occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Adewalé. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adewale? popularity and diffusion
The surname Adewale is the 5,223rd most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 67,140 people. The last name Adewale is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adewale live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adewale is also the 8,641st most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 119,447 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 105,816 people, or 1 in 1,674. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 19 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Osun, where 15 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Adewale occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Adewale Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (75%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Adewale last name are 43.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.97% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Adewale earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 38.24% less than the national average, earning 213,743 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 60.89% less than the national average, earning R 92,952 per year; in United States they earn 6.23% more than the national average, earning $45,839 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.88% more than the national average, earning $51,610 CAD per year.
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