Odendwa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Odendwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Odendwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odendwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Odendwa has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Odendwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odendwa live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Odendwa is mostly concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 80 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 17 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 Odendwa
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