Odetokun Surname

478,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 697 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odetokun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odetokun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6851:258,60314,879
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Odetokun (12) may also be a first name.

Odetokun Last Name Facts

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

Odetokun is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Odetokun? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 478,963rd most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 10,455,590 people. Odetokun is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odetokun live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 12 people.

The last name Odetokun is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 685 people, or 1 in 258,603. In Nigeria Odetokun is most numerous in: Oyo, where 36 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Ogun, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Odetokun Last Name Statistics demography

Odetokun earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 398.49% more than the national average, earning R 1,184,590 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 Odetokun
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