Ado Surname
Approximately 393,483 people bear this surname
Ado Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 252,359 | 1:702 | 82 |
| Niger | 102,650 | 1:187 | 34 |
| Myanmar | 20,819 | 1:2,495 | 146 |
| Philippines | 3,615 | 1:28,005 | 3,907 |
| Angola | 2,761 | 1:9,775 | 1,207 |
| Benin | 1,692 | 1:6,109 | 828 |
| India | 1,338 | 1:573,293 | 27,967 |
| Indonesia | 1,106 | 1:119,574 | 12,052 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,035 | 1:22,291 | 1,625 |
| Kenya | 792 | 1:58,308 | 5,763 |
| DR Congo | 711 | 1:103,909 | 11,552 |
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Portugal | 453 | 1:22,998 | 1,555 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Japan | 318 | 1:402,026 | 12,920 |
| Turkey | 210 | 1:370,578 | 23,019 |
| Cameroon | 162 | 1:128,204 | 14,516 |
| France | 142 | 1:467,766 | 66,487 |
| Solomon Islands | 141 | 1:4,114 | 489 |
| Brazil | 137 | 1:1,562,586 | 51,889 |
| Pakistan | 136 | 1:1,313,558 | 15,128 |
| Papua New Guinea | 112 | 1:72,801 | 9,515 |
| Tanzania | 109 | 1:485,703 | 32,780 |
| Taiwan | 91 | 1:257,635 | 2,141 |
| Malaysia | 84 | 1:351,122 | 18,683 |
| United States | 69 | 1:5,253,028 | 264,570 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Uruguay | 21 | 1:163,417 | 13,939 |
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 1:965,900 | 9,829 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Yemen | 14 | 1:1,887,521 | 12,953 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | 1:442,050 | 13,608 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: Adó (5) are calculated separately.
Ado (255,849) may also be a first name.
Ado Demographics
Ado Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ado Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ado Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ado (Arabic: إدو, Georgian: ადო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺩﻭ, Hindi: अदो, Marathi: आदो, Tibetan: ཨ་རྡོ།) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Adó. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ado? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,380th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 18,521 people. The surname Ado occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Ado reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ado is also the 4,103rd most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 255,849 people.
The surname Ado is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 252,359 people, or 1 in 702. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 41 percent are found, Katsina, where 20 percent are found and Jigawa, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 90 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 26 percent are found and Myanmar, where 5 percent are found.
Ado Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ado has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Ado last name grew 1,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ado Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ado last name is primarily Christian (73%) in Kenya and Muslim (87%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Ado surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Ado earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.05% less than the national average, earning $38,811 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.95% less than the national average, earning $46,231 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ado Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ado in the Georgian language | ||
| ადო | ado | - |
| Ado in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺩﻭ | adw | - |
| Ado in the Hindi language | ||
| अदो | ado | 80 |
| आदो | ado | 20 |
| Ado in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་རྡོ། | ado | 75 |
| ཨ་དོ། | ado | 25 |
| Ado in the Marathi language | ||
| आदो | ado | 70.59 |
| आडो | ado | 23.53 |
| अडॉ | ado | 5.88 |
| Ado in the Arabic language | ||
| إدو | adw | - |
| آدو | adw | - |
| ادو | adw | - |
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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 Ado
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