Adelaye Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Adelaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 288 | 1:615,079 | 29,261 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Adelaye (34) may also be a first name.
Adelaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adelaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adelaye is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Adelaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adelaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 889,654th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Adelaye live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 34 people.
The last name Adelaye is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 615,079. In Nigeria Adelaye is most numerous in: Ondo, where 28 percent are found, Ekiti, where 14 percent are found and Kogi, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Adelaye is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Adelaye
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