Odefemi Surname

651,048th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 464 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odefemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odefemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4561:388,47120,503
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England11:55,718,059489,080

Odefemi (10) may also be a first name.

Odefemi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odefemi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Odefemi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 651,048th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Odefemi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odefemi is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used given name on earth It is held by 10 people.

The last name Odefemi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 456 people, or 1 in 388,471. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 45 percent live, Ondo, where 14 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Odefemi exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Odefemi Last Name Statistics demography

Odefemi earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adefemi867,184/
Odafemi862/
Adeefemi803/
Audefemi801/
Adefami7165/
Adafemi711/
Adefemy711/
Adephemiy631/
Adefahmy538/
Edeifime532/
Adifemey531/

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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 Odefemi
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