Odesola Surname

96,394th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,934 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odesola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odesola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,8701:36,3742,943
England411:1,358,97760,528
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Odesola (118) may also be a first name.

Odesola Last Name Facts

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

Odesola occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odesola? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 96,394th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,477,006 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Odesola reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 859,937th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 118 people.

The last name Odesola is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,870 people, or 1 in 36,374. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 27 percent are found, Oyo, where 26 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Odesola Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Odesola last name is primarily Christian (78%) in Nigeria.

Odesola earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 47.1% less than the national average, earning $22,825 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 Odesola
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