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 surname Odewu is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odewu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 668,257th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 16,266,844 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odewu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odewu is also the 1,396,783rd most common first name in the world. It is borne by 51 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 445 people, or 1 in 398,074. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 73 percent live, Ogun, where 6 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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