Adolphus Surname
Approximately 4,476 people bear this surname
Adolphus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,537 | 1:69,824 | 5,052 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| United States | 484 | 1:748,882 | 58,523 |
| Guyana | 198 | 1:3,850 | 694 |
| Belize | 178 | 1:1,997 | 446 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 132 | 1:10,333 | 1,422 |
| England | 66 | 1:844,213 | 44,691 |
| Liberia | 62 | 1:71,105 | 6,042 |
| Australia | 39 | 1:692,197 | 46,687 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| Grenada | 32 | 1:3,392 | 511 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Jamaica | 18 | 1:159,442 | 5,298 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Cayman Islands | 13 | 1:4,915 | 636 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 30 | 1:812,512 | 35,970 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 70 | 1:717,410 | 46,098 |
Adolphus (20,386) may also be a first name.
Adolphus Demographics
Average Adolphus Salary in
United States
$35,443 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Adolphus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adolphus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adolphus occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adolphus? popularity and diffusion
The last name Adolphus is the 104,789th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,628,138 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Adolphus live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 37,270th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 20,386 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,537 people, or 1 in 69,824. In Nigeria Adolphus is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 36 percent live, Bayelsa, where 12 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Adolphus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Adolphus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Adolphus last name increased 691 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 220 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Adolphus Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Adolphus surname are 12.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 65.38% registered with the political party.
The amount Adolphus earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 17.86% less than the national average, earning $35,443 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.63% more than the national average, earning $59,438 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolphous | 94 | 46 | / |
| Adoulphus | 94 | 10 | / |
| Adolphaus | 94 | 10 | / |
| Aidolphus | 94 | 1 | / |
| Adolpheus | 94 | 1 | / |
| Adolpus | 93 | 10 | / |
| Adolfphous | 89 | 1 | / |
| Adulphus | 88 | 739 | / |
| Adolphos | 88 | 33 | / |
| Adalphus | 88 | 13 | / |
| Adolhpus | 88 | 4 | / |
| Adolpfus | 88 | 3 | / |
| Edolphus | 88 | 2 | / |
| Adolpuus | 88 | 1 | / |
| Adulphuse | 82 | 3 | / |
| Adulphous | 82 | 1 | / |
| Adolfus | 80 | 78 | / |
| Adulpus | 80 | 3 | / |
| Adullphous | 78 | 5 | / |
| Odulphus | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adulhpus | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adoulfus | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adulphos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adolfous | 75 | 1 | / |
| Adolfu | 71 | 962 | / |
| Adulfus | 67 | 8 | / |
| Adolfos | 67 | 4 | / |
| Odulfus | 53 | 4 | / |
| Adalfou | 53 | 2 | / |
| Adulfos | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Adolphus
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