Odenga Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Odenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Odenga Demographics
Odenga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Odenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odenga is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odenga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Odenga is the 3,141,416th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Odenga are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,951,964. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Busia District, where 75 percent reside, Buikwe District, where 5 percent reside and Kayunga District, where 5 percent reside. Besides Uganda Odenga is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 31 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Odenga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Odenga has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Odenga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Odenga surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Odenga
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