Odekanyin Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Odekanyin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Odekanyin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odekanyin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Odekanyin is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odekanyin? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,967,751st most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Odekanyin reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Odekanyin is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria Odekanyin is primarily found in: Oyo, where 32 percent reside, Lagos, where 25 percent reside and Ogun, where 22 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Odekanyin
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