Adufe Surname

431,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 797 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adufe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adufe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7701:230,05613,461
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Adufe (495) may also be a first name.

Adufe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adufe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adufe? popularity and diffusion

Adufe is the 431,914th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,143,721 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Adufe reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 381,460th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 495 people.

Adufe is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 770 people, or 1 in 230,056. In Nigeria Adufe is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 22 percent are found, Osun, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 18 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adoufe9111/
Aduf895/
Hadoufe832/
Adeufet832/
Adoufie832/
Adouf8058/
Adife8010/
Adufa808/
Odufe805/
Aduff804/
Auduf801/
Adufi801/
Aduif801/
Edufe801/
Gauduffe7744/
Hadouf7367/
Adiefe7365/
Hadife7333/
Eduefe7316/
Adoufa733/
Edufie733/
Odufer731/
Adifie731/
Aduphe731/
Edufeh731/
Audife731/
Hadeuf731/
Aidife731/
Aidouf731/
Oduefe731/
Aduifa731/
Hayduf730/
O'Dufe730/
Aduffy730/
Haddouf67138/
Hajdufi6777/
Adub6718/
Hajdufy6715/
Oduf677/
Adiefeh676/
Hadoufi674/
Aduw674/
Hadifeh673/
Aduv671/
Haddife671/
Eduffey671/

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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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  • 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 Adufe
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