Odesanya Surname

139,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odesanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odesanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,0241:58,5794,396
England1231:452,99229,924
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Odesanya (49) may also be a first name.

Odesanya Last Name Facts

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

Odesanya is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odesanya? popularity and diffusion

Odesanya is the 139,883rd most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,282,351 people. The last name Odesanya is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Odesanya live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odesanya is also the 1,430,306th most common first name globally. It is borne by 49 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,024 people, or 1 in 58,579. In Nigeria Odesanya is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 36 percent are found, Ogun, where 34 percent are found and Oyo, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Odesanya exists in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Odesanya Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Odesanya surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Odesanya earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

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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 Odesanya
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