Adiza Surname
Approximately 2,551 people bear this surname
Adiza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 788 | 1:224,800 | 13,231 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Niger | 328 | 1:58,512 | 2,814 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| Cameroon | 243 | 1:85,469 | 10,380 |
| Iran | 103 | 1:745,461 | 38,299 |
| Burkina Faso | 58 | 1:316,416 | 5,491 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Ivory Coast | 36 | 1:640,868 | 18,598 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Adiza (52,770) may also be a first name.
Adiza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adiza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adiza (Arabic: اديزا) is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Adiza? popularity and diffusion
Adiza is the 169,233rd most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,856,741 people. Adiza is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Adiza reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adiza is also the 17,680th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 52,770 people.
The surname Adiza is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 788 people, or 1 in 224,800. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 20 percent live, Zamfara, where 12 percent live and Yobe, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 24 percent live and Niger, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adiza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adiza in the Arabic language | ||
| اديزا | adyza | - |
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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 Adiza
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