Odeleye Surname

81,880th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,926 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odeleye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odeleye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5,7121:31,0122,591
England1611:346,07525,095
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Odeleye (216) may also be a first name.

Odeleye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odeleye occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odeleye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 81,880th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,229,758 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Odeleye reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 614,549th most prevalent given name on earth It is held by 216 people.

The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5,712 people, or 1 in 31,012. In Nigeria Odeleye is most prevalent in: Osun, where 27 percent reside, Oyo, where 25 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Odeleye is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Odeleye Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Odeleye earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 28.91% more than the national average, earning $55,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.33% more than the national average, earning $66,740 CAD per year.

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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 Odeleye
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