Adu Surname
Approximately 188,296 people bear this surname
Adu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 144,639 | 1:187 | 16 |
| Nigeria | 27,902 | 1:6,349 | 774 |
| Indonesia | 6,172 | 1:21,427 | 2,597 |
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Cameroon | 1,392 | 1:14,920 | 2,030 |
| United States | 1,216 | 1:298,075 | 27,566 |
| England | 1,140 | 1:48,875 | 6,097 |
| DR Congo | 848 | 1:87,122 | 9,954 |
| India | 555 | 1:1,382,100 | 53,327 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Papua New Guinea | 177 | 1:46,066 | 5,702 |
| Uganda | 165 | 1:236,602 | 17,930 |
| France | 148 | 1:448,802 | 64,499 |
| Canada | 125 | 1:294,765 | 27,374 |
| Spain | 122 | 1:383,213 | 21,260 |
| Solomon Islands | 100 | 1:5,800 | 828 |
| Liberia | 76 | 1:58,007 | 5,112 |
| Germany | 69 | 1:1,166,746 | 76,492 |
| Malaysia | 63 | 1:468,162 | 23,720 |
| South Africa | 53 | 1:1,022,221 | 62,590 |
| Russia | 51 | 1:2,825,942 | 156,501 |
| Belgium | 50 | 1:229,933 | 29,007 |
| Philippines | 47 | 1:2,154,005 | 122,929 |
| Netherlands | 44 | 1:383,799 | 41,363 |
| Taiwan | 43 | 1:545,227 | 4,074 |
| Hungary | 34 | 1:288,714 | 22,080 |
| Pakistan | 27 | 1:6,616,440 | 38,275 |
| Scotland | 24 | 1:223,076 | 11,507 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| China | 23 | 1:59,448,764 | 3,236 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Italy | 20 | 1:3,057,834 | 99,174 |
| Turkey | 18 | 1:4,323,412 | 102,143 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Iceland | 13 | 1:29,238 | 2,297 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Nauru | 11 | 1:1,080 | 226 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
The alternate forms: Adú (1) are calculated separately.
Adu (29,004) may also be a first name.
Adu Demographics
Average Male Adu Height
174.86 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Adu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adu (Georgian: ადუ, Hindi: आदू, Marathi: आदु, Oriya: ଆଦୁ, Russian: Аду, Tibetan: ཨཱ་དུ་) is found most in Ghana. It may also appear in the variant forms: Adú. Click here for further possible spellings of Adu.
How Common Is The Last Name Adu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,987th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 38,703 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Adu reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adu is also the 28,630th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 29,004 people.
It is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 144,639 people, or 1 in 187. Beside Ghana this surname occurs in 98 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
Adu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Adu surname is predominantly Christian (89%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Adu surname are 38.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Adu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 121.58% more than the national average, earning R 526,560 per year; in United States they earn 2.81% more than the national average, earning $44,361 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.07% less than the national average, earning $47,164 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adu in the Georgian language | ||
| ადუ | adu | - |
| Adu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଦୁ | adu | 83.33 |
| ଅଦୁ | adu | 10.34 |
| ଆଦୂ | adu | 4.31 |
| ଆଡୁ | adu | 1.58 |
| ଅଡୁ | adu | 0.29 |
| Adu in the Hindi language | ||
| आदू | adu | 67.72 |
| आदु | adu | 27.4 |
| अदु | adu | 1.63 |
| अदू | adu | 1.46 |
| आडू | adu | 0.94 |
| अडू | adu | 0.34 |
| आडु | adu | 0.26 |
| ादु | adu | 0.17 |
| ादू | adu | 0.09 |
| Adu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨཱ་དུ་ | adu | 33.33 |
| ཨ་དུ་ | adu | 33.33 |
| ཨེ་དུ་ | édu | 33.33 |
| Adu in the Marathi language | ||
| आदु | adu | 33.33 |
| आदू | adu | 27.54 |
| अडु | adu | 13.04 |
| आडू | adu | 7.97 |
| अदु | adu | 7.25 |
| आडु | adu | 5.07 |
| अदू | adu | 2.9 |
| ादु | adu | 1.45 |
| अडू | adu | 0.72 |
| Adu in the Russian language | ||
| Аду | adu | - |
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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
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- 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 Adu
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