Odendal Surname

503,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 652 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Odendal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odendal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6251:86,68410,659
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
England41:13,929,515290,718
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

Odendal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odendal occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odendal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 503,825th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 11,177,218 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Odendal are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 625 people, or 1 in 86,684. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 60 percent are found, Gauteng, where 20 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 8 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Odendal Last Name Statistics demography

Odendal earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.92% more than the national average, earning R 334,884 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odendaal9312,457/
Odendahl931,476/
Odendhal93105/
Odendall9384/
Oudendal939/
Odendale933/
Odend'hal8828/
Oodendaal881/
Oddendaal881/
Goddendal881/
Adendal861/
Hedendal8012/
Gudendal808/
Edendahl805/
Odendoll800/
Edendhal800/
Odendohl800/
Hedendahl75222/
Ademdal713/
Adndhale671/
Addindall631/
Adendolph631/
Adindoule501/

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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 Odendal
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