Odanu Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Odanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Odanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odanu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odanu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Odanu are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Odanu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Odanu is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 69 percent live and Kogi, where 31 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 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
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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 Odanu
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