Odewu Surname
Approximately 448 people bear this surname
Odewu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 445 | 1:398,074 | 20,926 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Odewu (51) may also be a first name.
Odewu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odewu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Odewu is most common in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Odewu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 668,257th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 16,266,844 people. The last name Odewu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odewu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 51 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 445 people, or 1 in 398,074. In Nigeria Odewu is mostly found in: Benue, where 73 percent reside, Ogun, where 6 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodewu | 91 | 207 | / |
| Odewhu | 91 | 16 | / |
| Odiewu | 91 | 5 | / |
| Odejwu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Hodewou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Odawu | 80 | 93 | / |
| Odowu | 80 | 52 | / |
| Edewu | 80 | 40 | / |
| Adewu | 80 | 25 | / |
| Odiwu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Udewu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Odebu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hoedewou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Adewui | 73 | 560 | / |
| Odhiwu | 73 | 49 | / |
| Adewuy | 73 | 22 | / |
| Adeewu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Odievu | 73 | 13 | / |
| Odojwu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Adiewu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hudewu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Adewus | 73 | 5 | / |
| Hodowu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hodawu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Udiewu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Adeweu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Udeawu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Edoewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Udewuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oidowu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Odiowu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Odowou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Odewoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gadewu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hadewou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Odhowou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Udechwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Addewuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Udeawgu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adewuis | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Odewu
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