Madekun Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Madekun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Madekun (55) may also be a first name.
Madekun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madekun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Madekun is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Madekun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Madekun are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Madekun is also the 1,336,256th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 55 people.
The last name Madekun is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Madekun is most frequent in: Oyo, where 75 percent live and Kwara, where 25 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 20 percent live.
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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 Madekun
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