Adolphous Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Adolphous Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adolphous Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria421:4,217,685117,088
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Adolphous (130) may also be a first name.

Adolphous Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Adolphous Come From? nationality or country of origin

Adolphous occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adolphous? popularity and diffusion

Adolphous is the 2,876,555th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Adolphous reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adolphous is also the 814,623rd most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 130 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 57 percent reside, Abia, where 24 percent reside and Ondo, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Adolphous
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