Adewe Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Adewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 208 | 1:851,648 | 37,411 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Adewe (27) may also be a first name.
Adewe Demographics
Adewe Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Adewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adewe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺩﻭ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adewe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,095,216th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Adewe reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common forename at a global level, borne by 27 people.
The last name Adewe is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 851,648. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 88 percent live, Delta, where 5 percent live and Ondo, where 3 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live and Ethiopia, where 2 percent live.
Adewe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adewe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adewe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺩﻭ | adw | - |
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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 Adewe
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