Adowo Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Adowo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
Adowo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adowo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adowo is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adowo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Adowo is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adowo live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Adowo is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 45 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Cross River, where 9 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 27 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adohwo | 91 | 63 | / |
| Adowho | 91 | 12 | / |
| Adowou | 91 | 3 | / |
| Adowgo | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gadowo | 91 | 2 | / |
| Aedowo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Adouwoi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Adohwou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hadowou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aduwo | 80 | 1,651 | / |
| Adowa | 80 | 1,115 | / |
| Adobo | 80 | 933 | / |
| Adawo | 80 | 272 | / |
| Adovo | 80 | 191 | / |
| Adewo | 80 | 164 | / |
| Odowo | 80 | 72 | / |
| Edowo | 80 | 7 | / |
| Adawoy | 73 | 88 | / |
| Aduobo | 73 | 70 | / |
| Adouvo | 73 | 57 | / |
| Adouwa | 73 | 53 | / |
| Odouwo | 73 | 29 | / |
| Adoubo | 73 | 26 | / |
| Odohwo | 73 | 21 | / |
| Edhowo | 73 | 21 | / |
| Aïdovo | 73 | 19 | / |
| Adawou | 73 | 17 | / |
| Aidobo | 73 | 17 | / |
| Odowho | 73 | 16 | / |
| Adovoh | 73 | 16 | / |
| Oduowo | 73 | 15 | / |
| Odhowo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Adoywa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Aidovo | 73 | 10 | / |
| Hadowa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Adowah | 73 | 6 | / |
| Adowaa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Adoswa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Aïdobo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Adaboo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Adhowa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Adaawo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Adewoh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Adoewa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Aadewo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Aîdovo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Adowwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Odowou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adawoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eduowo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adoiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adhawo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adohwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aduwoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gadovo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adawos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adewoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adeuwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Odoowo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Odhowho | 67 | 55 | / |
| Hadouwa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Adoubou | 67 | 45 | / |
| Addawoo | 67 | 33 | / |
| Hadewou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Aidewou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Addouwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gadouwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Adawood | 67 | 2 | / |
| Adowaah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Adouboy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aedewoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Addowaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hadawoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahadovo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odhowou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adahwoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edhowou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aidouwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adoiboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asdouwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edhouwo | 67 | 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 Adowo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis