Odenyi Surname
Approximately 392 people bear this surname
Odenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 285 | 1:621,554 | 29,491 |
| Kenya | 87 | 1:530,803 | 26,276 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Odenyi (37) may also be a first name.
Odenyi Demographics
Odenyi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Odenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odenyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Odenyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odenyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 737,137th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 18,590,678 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Odenyi reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 37 people.
The last name Odenyi is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 285 people, or 1 in 621,554. In Nigeria Odenyi is most frequent in: Enugu, where 36 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 11 percent reside and Benue, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 22 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
Odenyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly 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 Odenyi
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