Find out how popular the last name Adewumi is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Adewumi.

Adewumi, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Adewumi surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Adewumi in America

Adewumi is the 88336th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Adewumi surname appeared 210 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Adewumi.

We can also compare 2010 data for Adewumi to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Adewumi

The surname Adewumi has its roots in the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria. Originating in the 15th century, the name is derived from the Yoruba words "ade" meaning "crown" and "wumi" meaning "to be humbled." The combination of these words suggests the name's meaning is "to be humbled by the crown" or "one who is humbled by royalty."

The earliest known recorded instance of the Adewumi name appears in a collection of oral histories from the Kingdom of Oyo, one of the oldest and most influential Yoruba states. These accounts mention an Adewumi family serving as advisors to the Alaafin, the ruler of Oyo, during the reign of Alaafin Onigbogi in the late 16th century.

In the 17th century, the name is found in the records of the Iwoye Kingdom, a vassal state of Oyo. These documents detail an Adewumi serving as a prominent military leader during the Iwoye-Egba Wars.

As the Yoruba kingdoms expanded through trade and conquest, the Adewumi name spread throughout what is now southwestern Nigeria and parts of modern-day Benin and Togo. Variations in spelling, such as Adewunmi and Adewunmi, also emerged during this period.

Notable individuals who bore the Adewumi name include Adewumi Ajayi (1790-1858), a renowned scholar and historian from Ibadan who documented the oral traditions of the Yoruba people, and Adewumi Alowolodu (1825-1892), a pioneering educator and founder of one of the first formal schools in Abeokuta.

In the 19th century, Adewumi Akintoye (1855-1921) was a prominent merchant and landowner in Lagos, while Adewumi Ogunlesi (1873-1949) was a respected chief and community leader in Ijebu-Ode.

As the Yoruba diaspora spread across the Atlantic during the transatlantic slave trade, the Adewumi name also took root in the Americas, with descendants bearing the name found in Brazil, Cuba, and other regions with significant Yoruba cultural influences.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Adewumi

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Adewumi.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Adewumi was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Adewumi has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Adewumi was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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