Odemenam Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odemenam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odemenam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1271:1,394,82554,286
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Odemenam (14) may also be a first name.

Odemenam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odemenam is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Odemenam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odemenam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,581,912th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name Odemenam is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odemenam live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odemenam is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name in the world, held by 14 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Abia, where 45 percent reside, Rivers, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Madagascar, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odoemenam941,622/
Odeemenam941/
Odoemmenam891/
Odoemeanam891/
Odomenam8818/
Edemenam886/
Odemenan884/
Odemanam883/
Odeminam883/
Edemeinam824/
Odoemanam824/
Odoeminam821/
Edeminam75375/
Edemanam7528/
Ediminam634/
Edeminom631/
Ademegnon591/
Hademegnon565/
Ademinon50131/
Adimonam501/

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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 Odemenam
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