Odewuyi Surname

457,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odewuyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odewuyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7381:240,03113,941
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Odewuyi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odewuyi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odewuyi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 457,658th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 9,861,361 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odewuyi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 738 people, or 1 in 240,031. In Nigeria Odewuyi is most numerous in: Ondo, where 43 percent are found, Osun, where 26 percent are found and Oyo, where 16 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Odewuyi occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Odewuyi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (96%) in Nigeria.

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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 Odewuyi
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