Adolphus is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Adolphus
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Adolphus

How popular is Adolphus?

Adolphus is common in Nigeria.

Adolphus is ranked 69202 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Adolphuses grew by 32.80757 per cent to 421 since 2000 and ranked 49824 after elevating 9787 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 74.11 70.35
Hispanic or Latino 11.64 11.36
White 9.26 10.09
Others 3.09 8.2
Adolphus is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Belize is ahead in terms of density. Around 6520 people have been found who wears Adolphus as their family name. Adolphus is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,500 Ghana3
184,212 France3
5,443 Dominican Republic2
405 British Virgin Islands2
1,389 Barbados2
2,168 Suriname2
118,441 Germany2
31,584 Peru1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
7,198 Maldives1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
6,212 Jamaica1
492,292 Ukraine1
77,122 Sweden1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
47,891 Norway1
2,196 Liberia1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
89,676 Canada30
57,220 Netherlands27
545 Grenada26
559,154 India12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
30,613 Australia74
Countries with hundreds of Adolphus:
4,639 Sri Lanka456
62,832 United States402
757 Guyana184
32,841 England134
528 Belize131
1,472 Trinidad and Tobago125
Countries with thousands of Adolphus:
4,875 Nigeria4,891
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Comments

T
Tonette Lamarca
The origin of the name is germaine the Surname comes from the agglutination of the German adal wulf word meaning noble wolf that name recalls the name of an ancestor.

Adolphus Namesakes

  • Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, King of Sweden
  • Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, King of Sweden
  • Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, King of Sweden
  • Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, King of Sweden
  • Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, King of Sweden
  • Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Cambridge
  • James Adolphus, Cinematographer
  • Thomas Adolphus Trollope, Writer
  • Milton Adolphus, Composer
  • George Adolphus Schott, Mathematician

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