Adokaye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Adokaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Adokaye (44) may also be a first name.
Adokaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adokaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adokaye is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adokaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Adokaye live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Chadic Africa. Adokaye is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous given name globally It is held by 44 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Adokaye is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 67 percent live and Centre Region, where 33 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Chad, where 25 percent live.
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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 Adokaye
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