Adeyema Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Adeyema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 188 | 1:942,249 | 40,456 |
| Benin | 98 | 1:105,465 | 11,876 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
The alternate forms: Adéyéma (1) are calculated separately.
Adeyema (23) may also be a first name.
Adeyema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adeyema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adeyema is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms: Adéyéma. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adeyema? popularity and diffusion
Adeyema is the 912,827th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Adeyema live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adeyema is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name globally It is held by 23 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 188 people, or 1 in 942,249. In Nigeria Adeyema is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 21 percent reside, Ondo, where 18 percent reside and Osun, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 34 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Adeyema
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