Adulf Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Adulf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adulf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Adulf (251) may also be a first name.

Adulf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Adulf is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adulf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Adulf is the 2,808,717th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Adulf reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adulf is also the 562,655th most widely held first name internationally, held by 251 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 97 percent are found and Rivers, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Adulf exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adoulf912/
Adolf8015,104/
Adulb801/
Adólf801/
Odulf801/
Adolff73358/
Adulph7314/
Adolpf7311/
Audolf732/
Adolfh732/
Audulv731/
Adoulph6710/
Adolphf672/
D'Adolf671/
Adaulph670/
Hadolff670/
Adolph5515,112/
Oudolf5553/
Eidolf556/
Hodolf551/
Heidolf5044/
Adollph501/
Audolph501/
Addolph500/

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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 Adulf
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