Adokwe Surname
Approximately 629 people bear this surname
Adokwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 628 | 1:282,074 | 15,929 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Adokwe (58) may also be a first name.
Adokwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adokwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adokwe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adokwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 518,137th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,585,924 people. The last name Adokwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adokwe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adokwe is also the 1,295,729th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 58 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 628 people, or 1 in 282,074. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Nasarawa, where 54 percent live, Benue, where 25 percent live and Plateau, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adokwei | 92 | 6 | / |
| Adokw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Addokwei | 86 | 3 | / |
| Edokwe | 83 | 244 | / |
| Adokwa | 83 | 205 | / |
| Odokwe | 83 | 45 | / |
| Adukwe | 83 | 32 | / |
| Adekwe | 83 | 30 | / |
| Adakwe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Adogwe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Adokue | 83 | 2 | / |
| Adekweh | 77 | 11 | / |
| Adankwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Adoukwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Adougwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Adakwue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aadokwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Adoikwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Adakw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goudokwe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Auduikwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adoungwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Odukwe | 67 | 808 | / |
| Adukwa | 67 | 555 | / |
| Adakwa | 67 | 305 | / |
| Adogbe | 67 | 102 | / |
| Adegwe | 67 | 52 | / |
| Adogwa | 67 | 46 | / |
| Adoungwei | 67 | 31 | / |
| Adoque | 67 | 25 | / |
| Odekwe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Odokwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Edekwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Adogue | 67 | 8 | / |
| Odogwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Adekue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Adugwe | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Adokwe
- 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