Odame Surname
Approximately 22,082 people bear this surname
Odame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 21,474 | 1:1,258 | 203 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Kenya | 118 | 1:391,355 | 22,129 |
| United States | 110 | 1:3,295,081 | 188,193 |
| England | 109 | 1:511,175 | 32,340 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Odame (1,386) may also be a first name.
Odame Demographics
Odame Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Odame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odame (Russian: Одаме) is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Odame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 24,479th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 330,022 people. The last name Odame occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Odame live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odame is also the 210,279th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 1,386 people.
The last name is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 21,474 people, or 1 in 1,258. Besides Ghana it exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Odame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Odame has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Odame surname grew 5,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Odame Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Odame last name are 28.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Odame earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 20.04% less than the national average, earning $34,503 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.7% more than the national average, earning $56,987 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Odame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Odame in the Russian language | ||
| Одаме | odame | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Odame
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