Adewosi Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Adewosi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adewosi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Adewosi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adewosi occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Adewosi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adewosi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 54 percent are found, Ogun, where 31 percent are found and Kaduna, where 8 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 7 percent are found.

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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 Adewosi
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