Odewale Surname

54,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odewale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odewale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9,1551:19,3491,786
England701:795,97243,050
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Benin121:861,30044,192
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Odewale (524) may also be a first name.

Odewale Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odewale is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odewale? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 54,723rd most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 783,691 people. Odewale occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Odewale live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 368,711th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 524 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 9,155 people, or 1 in 19,349. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Osun, where 29 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Ogun, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Odewale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Odewale surname is primarily Muslim (50%) in Nigeria.

Odewale earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.41% more than the national average, earning $56,269 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
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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 Odewale
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