Odeleke Surname

464,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 726 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odeleke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odeleke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7181:246,71714,287
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Odeleke (33) may also be a first name.

Odeleke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odeleke is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Odeleke click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odeleke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Odeleke is the 464,191st most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 10,037,942 people. Odeleke is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Odeleke reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odeleke is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 33 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 718 people, or 1 in 246,717. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 44 percent reside, Osun, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Odeleke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Odeleke surname is chiefly Christian (82%) in Nigeria.

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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 Odeleke
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