How common is the surname Adjei?

1,238 people in the United States had the surname Adjei in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. It ranked 21,204th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Adjei getting more or less common?

More common. 544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,238 in 2010, up 128%.

The surname Adjei

An Akan surname, carried by 1,238 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Adjei is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

Akan origin

Borrowed from Akan.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,238 people named Adjei in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. That is up 128% since 2000, when the Census counted 544.

#21,204

rank among US surnames

1,238

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+127.6%

change since 2000 (was #38,263)

Who is named Adjei

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Adjei identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.9%
White (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Adjei come from?: Borrowed from Akan.
How common is the surname Adjei?: 1,238 people in the United States had the surname Adjei in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. It ranked 21,204th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Adjei?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Adjei identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Adjei getting more or less common?: More common. 544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,238 in 2010, up 128%.