Odayi Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Odayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Odayi (19) may also be a first name.
Odayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Odayi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Odayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Odayi reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odayi is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname Odayi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 39 percent live, Ondo, where 32 percent live and Benue, where 14 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Odayi exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 3 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 Odayi
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