Adewola Surname

356,452nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,019 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adewola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adewola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9901:178,93211,011
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Adewola (392) may also be a first name.

Adewola Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adewola is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Adewola click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adewola? popularity and diffusion

The surname Adewola is the 356,452nd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 7,151,664 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Adewola are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adewola is also the 436,979th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 392 people.

The last name Adewola is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 990 people, or 1 in 178,932. In Nigeria Adewola is primarily found in: Oyo, where 36 percent live, Ondo, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.

Adewola Last Name Statistics demography

Adewola earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.44% more than the national average, earning $48,950 USD per year.

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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 Adewola
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