Adonye Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Adonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Adonye (240) may also be a first name.
Adonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adonye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adonye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,231,034th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name Adonye is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adonye live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adonye is also the 577,234th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 240 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 73 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 13 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Adonye exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Adonye
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