Odeshola Surname

617,057th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odeshola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odeshola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4961:357,14319,221
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Odeshola (24) may also be a first name.

Odeshola Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odeshola occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odeshola? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 617,057th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odeshola live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odeshola is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 24 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 357,143. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 41 percent are found, Ogun, where 23 percent are found and Oyo, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Odeshola
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