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
Odenyi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Odenyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Odenyi? popularity and diffusion
Odenyi is the 737,137th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,590,678 people. The surname Odenyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Odenyi live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odenyi is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 37 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 285 people, or 1 in 621,554. In Nigeria Odenyi is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 36 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 11 percent live and Benue, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Odenyi is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 22 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Odenyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Odenyi 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 Odenyi
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