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 surname Odeleke is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Odeleke.

How Common Is The Last Name Odeleke? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 464,191st most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 10,037,942 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Odeleke live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most common first name in the world, borne by 33 people.

Odeleke is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 718 people, or 1 in 246,717. In Nigeria Odeleke is most common in: Oyo, where 44 percent live, Osun, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Odeleke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Odeleke last name is primarily 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
  • 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 Odeleke
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