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Is Adamu a Male or Female Name?

Adamu is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Adamu globally is 94.3% males and 5.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Nigeria with 94.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is Ghana with 21.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Adamu in percentages: Globally: 94.3% males, 5.7% females, Nigeria: 94.9% males, 5.1% females, Ghana: 78.9% males, 21.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Adamu are 45-54 years old, making up 26.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Adamu in each age group: 25-34: 19.3%, 35-44: 19.0%, 45-54: 26.9%, 55-64: 25.4%, 65+: 9.3%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Adamu is Nigeria with 0.1547% of the population. Followed by Ghana.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Adamu measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Adamu year over year: 1957: 0.0007‰, 1958: 0.0003‰, 1959: 0.0004‰, 1960: 0.0007‰, 1961: 0.0004‰, 1962: 0.0003‰, 1963: 0.0011‰, 1964: 0.0008‰, 1965: 0.0008‰, 1966: 0.0014‰, 1967: 0.0009‰, 1968: 0.0005‰, 1969: 0.0007‰, 1970: 0.0012‰, 1971: 0.0005‰, 1972: 0.0009‰, 1973: 0.0008‰, 1974: 0.0008‰, 1975: 0.001‰, 1976: 0.0006‰, 1977: 0.0007‰, 1978: 0.0009‰, 1979: 0.0008‰, 1980: 0.001‰, 1981: 0.0006‰, 1982: 0.0006‰, 1983: 0.0007‰, 1984: 0.0006‰, 1985: 0.0007‰, 1986: 0.0005‰, 1987: 0.0003‰, 1988: 0.0004‰, 1989: 0.0003‰, 1990: 0.0005‰, 1991: 0.0004‰, 1992: 0.0006‰, 1993: 0.0006‰, 1994: 0.0005‰, 1995: 0.0014‰, 1996: 0.0007‰, 1997: 0.0004‰, 1998: 0.0018‰, 1999: 0.0013‰

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