Adopted Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Norway

Adopted Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adopted Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Adopted Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adopted is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adopted? popularity and diffusion

Adopted is the 5,587,209th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Adopted are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 100 percent live. Not including India Adopted exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 42 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adopte929/
Adoptie8614/
Adopter865/
Adoptee861/
Adapta626/
Adao Petito561/
Gaddapti533/
Gaddapty531/
Etapiteta503/
Houdoupta501/
Ait Boudaoued501/
Adipatutu501/

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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 Adopted
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis