Odekuma Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odekuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odekuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria661:2,683,98186,518
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Odekuma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odekuma is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odekuma? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,333,370th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odekuma live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 80 percent are found, Ogun, where 9 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Odekuma is found in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 1 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 Odekuma
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