Adown Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adown Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Adown Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3531:501,82125,034
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Adown (81) may also be a first name.

Adown Last Name Facts

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

Adown is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Adown? popularity and diffusion

It is the 793,288th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adown live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adown is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 81 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 353 people, or 1 in 501,821. In Nigeria Adown is most numerous in: Kogi, where 85 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent live and Niger, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gadown915/
Adouwn914/
Adowin911/
Asdown910/
Easdown83277/
Adawn8044/
Odown8010/
Adewn801/
Ashdowne7779/
Hashdown772/
Eastdown770/
Adawin7310/
Edowin738/
Adewin737/
O'Down735/
Aduwin734/
Adauwn731/
Odowen731/
Adaween6716/
Adewuin675/
Ashdawn670/
Godownn670/
Goodown670/
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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 Adown
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