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

Odefemi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odefemi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Odefemi is the 651,048th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. The last name Odefemi occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Odefemi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odefemi is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name globally, borne by 10 people.

The last name Odefemi is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 456 people, or 1 in 388,471. In Nigeria Odefemi is primarily found in: Osun, where 45 percent are found, Ondo, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

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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