Odayemi Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Odayemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Odayemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odayemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odayemi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odayemi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Odayemi live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Odayemi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 26 percent live, Ondo, where 22 percent live and Oyo, where 22 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 4 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 Odayemi
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