Adika
surname · Latin script
Meaning: First child of a second husband
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/aɗika/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Adika is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.
- KEKenya≈1 in 19K(inferred from the name graph)
- ILIsrael1 in 22Kas עדיקה
- TGTogo≈1 in 8.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Adika itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kenya (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 80 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,900 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Togo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled עדיקה in IL Israel.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
First child of a second husband
Sources 1
- The book of African names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Adika counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE Kenya | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Adika | 20 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 112K | listed | Adika | 19 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 154K | listed | — | — |
| TG Togo | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | 1 | — | 3 |
| GH Ghana | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Adika | 16 |
| IL Israel | 386as עדיקה | 1 in 22K | 386 | עדיקה | 15 |
| IN India | 74 | 1 in 18M | 74 | — | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); the african-names-handbook-1976 register; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024); the id-github-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Adika is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
feminine of आदिक
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
Siva (N)
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
In Basque, Mirando, estando atento . v. 1 adi. Zerubari adika / ume bat bezela, / ikuspena dirudi / betesten dabela . "Mirando al cielo" . Laux BBa 52.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
In Basque, arika ( Lar Lcq 141 A; Añ, H ). Cansancio, fatiga .
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1991 | 3 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1992 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1960 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1958 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1956 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1992 | 1 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1990 | 1 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1988 | 1 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1984 | 1 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1981 | 1 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1978 | 1 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1976 | 1 | — |
Reference works 1
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Adika mean, and where does it come from?
- First child of a second husband Recorded by The book of African names.
- How do you pronounce Adika?
- A machine transcription gives /aɗika/ (IPA) for Swahili.
- In which country does Adika have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Adika in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled adika.
- How common is the name Adika?
- In India, the national register counted 74 people named Adika, about 1 in 18 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/adikaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Adika”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.