Adeyefa Surname

109,146th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,265 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adeyefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adeyefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,1991:42,1873,325
England331:1,688,42669,999
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Adeyefa (123) may also be a first name.

Adeyefa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adeyefa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adeyefa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 109,146th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,708,686 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Adeyefa are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 840,349th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 123 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,199 people, or 1 in 42,187. In Nigeria Adeyefa is most frequent in: Osun, where 42 percent are found, Ekiti, where 14 percent are found and Ondo, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Adeyefa Last Name Statistics demography

Adeyefa earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 58.88% more than the national average, earning $68,554 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Adeefa921/
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Adeyafa865/
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Hadeefa862/
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Adeifa77129/
Adieyefeh7510/
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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 Adeyefa
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