Odedeyi Surname

259,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odedeyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odedeyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,4801:119,6917,907
England231:2,422,52489,093
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Odedeyi (30) may also be a first name.

Odedeyi Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Odedeyi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 259,916th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,819,806 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Odedeyi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 30 people.

The last name Odedeyi is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,480 people, or 1 in 119,691. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 30 percent are found, Lagos, where 30 percent are found and Osun, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Odedeyi
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