Odala Surname
Approximately 2,652 people bear this surname
Odala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,751 | 1:9,777 | 1,514 |
| India | 596 | 1:1,287,022 | 50,676 |
| Uganda | 212 | 1:184,148 | 15,212 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Odala (1,603) may also be a first name.
Odala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Odala (Arabic: أدالا, Marathi: ओडला, Oriya: ଓଡାଲା, Russian: Одала) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 163,712th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,747,943 people. The last name Odala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Odala are found; 68 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 193,005th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,603 people.
The last name Odala is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 1,751 people, or 1 in 9,777. Aside from Malawi Odala is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Odala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Odala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓଡାଲା | odala | - |
| Odala in the Marathi language | ||
| ओडला | odala | 60 |
| ओदला | odala | 35 |
| ऑडला | odala | 5 |
| Odala in the Russian language | ||
| Одала | odala | - |
| Odala in the Arabic language | ||
| أدالا | adala | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Odala
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