Odewabi Surname

739,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odewabi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odewabi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3871:457,73323,307
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Odewabi (10) may also be a first name.

Odewabi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odewabi is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odewabi? popularity and diffusion

Odewabi is the 739,868th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. Odewabi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odewabi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odewabi is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 10 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 457,733. In Nigeria Odewabi is primarily concentrated in: Osun, where 44 percent reside, Oyo, where 32 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 0 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odewobi8610/
Adewabi863/
Edewabai801/
Adewebi71245/
Adewobi7186/
Udevabhai633/
Gadevaboi631/
Odhavabhai593/
Adebabe5741/
Odebobe574/
Edjuebi572/
Adebobi571/
Adebaby571/
Adebabay533,224/
Edjuaboi531/
Adejbobi531/

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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 Odewabi
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