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 most in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Odeshola? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 617,057th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. The last name Odeshola is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odeshola are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odeshola is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 24 people.

Odeshola is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 496 people, or 1 in 357,143. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 41 percent live, Ogun, where 23 percent live and Oyo, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.

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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 Odeshola
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