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 last name Adonye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adonye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,231,034th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname Adonye occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adonye are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adonye is also the 577,234th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 240 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 73 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 13 percent live and Bayelsa, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 1 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 Adonye
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