Odeshina Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Odeshina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 223 | 1:794,362 | 35,535 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Odeshina (17) may also be a first name.
Odeshina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odeshina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odeshina is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Odeshina? popularity and diffusion
Odeshina is the 1,088,856th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname Odeshina occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Odeshina are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring forename internationally, held by 17 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 794,362. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 45 percent reside, Plateau, where 16 percent reside and Ogun, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Odeshina
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