Odekina Surname

334,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odekina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odekina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1001:161,03910,087
England41:13,929,515290,718
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Odekina (144) may also be a first name.

Odekina Last Name Facts

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

Odekina is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odekina? popularity and diffusion

Odekina is the 334,183rd most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,595,064 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odekina live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odekina is also the 769,375th most common forename in the world It is held by 144 people.

The surname Odekina is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,100 people, or 1 in 161,039. In Nigeria Odekina is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 67 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found and Plateau, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, 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
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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 Odekina
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