Odangala Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odangala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odangala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1081:1,640,21160,875
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Odangala (18) may also be a first name.

Odangala Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Odangala Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Odangala is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Odangala.

How Common Is The Last Name Odangala? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,746,159th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odangala are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odangala is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 18 people.

The surname Odangala is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria Odangala is primarily found in: Benue, where 78 percent live, Sokoto, where 15 percent live and Niger, where 6 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

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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 Odangala
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