Odenkey Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Odenkey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odenkey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
England51:11,143,612252,590
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Odenkey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odenkey is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odenkey? popularity and diffusion

The surname Odenkey is the 796,486th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Odenkey live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Odenkey is most widely held in Ghana, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Not including Ghana this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odenke9214/
Godenke862/
Odeengke802/
Odinkeya801/
Odence7731/
Adenke7710/
Odinke772/
Oddenkaye751/
Godenka712/
Adennke711/
Odnkoya711/
Adenket711/
Odinkeji673/
Gudenkay671/
Adenkaye671/
Adenkoya671/
Gadenkiy671/
Hadenkep670/

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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
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  • 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 Odenkey
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