Adiwu Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Adiwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 276 | 1:641,822 | 30,209 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Adiwu (46) may also be a first name.
Adiwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adiwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adiwu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Adiwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 942,947th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. Adiwu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adiwu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 46 people.
The surname Adiwu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 641,822. In Nigeria Adiwu is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 54 percent are found, Plateau, where 22 percent are found and Benue, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adiwou | 91 | 12 | / |
| Adiewu | 91 | 6 | / |
| Adijwu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Adiowgu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Adhiwou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Adiohwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Adibu | 80 | 465 | / |
| Aduwu | 80 | 212 | / |
| Adewu | 80 | 25 | / |
| Adivu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ediwu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Odiwu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Adewui | 73 | 560 | / |
| Adibou | 73 | 67 | / |
| Odhiwu | 73 | 49 | / |
| Adewuy | 73 | 22 | / |
| Adeewu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Hadibu | 73 | 13 | / |
| Adeibu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Odiewu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Adewus | 73 | 5 | / |
| Agyiwu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Adeweu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Adujwu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Adeivu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Odiowu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gadewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hadibou | 67 | 23 | / |
| Hadewou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Aidewou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Adewuis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Addewuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Addaibu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adaibou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Adiwu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis