Odema Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Odema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 160 | 1:1,107,142 | 45,738 |
| Uganda | 156 | 1:250,252 | 18,603 |
| Haiti | 13 | 1:821,839 | 11,267 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Odema (103) may also be a first name.
Odema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Odema is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Odema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 802,733rd most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Odema are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 103 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 1,107,142. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 37 percent are found, Benue, where 22 percent are found and Cross River, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 45 percent are found and Haiti, where 4 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
- 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 Odema
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