Odeyemi Surname
Approximately 31,824 people bear this surname
Odeyemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31,301 | 1:5,659 | 707 |
| England | 331 | 1:168,333 | 15,551 |
| United States | 121 | 1:2,995,528 | 175,060 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Odeyemi (1,118) may also be a first name.
Odeyemi Demographics
Odeyemi Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Odeyemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odeyemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odeyemi (Russian: Одейеми) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Odeyemi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 17,421st most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 228,995 people. Odeyemi is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Odeyemi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odeyemi is also the 238,466th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 1,118 people.
Odeyemi is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 31,301 people, or 1 in 5,659. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 20 percent live, Lagos, where 16 percent live and Oyo, where 14 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Odeyemi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Odeyemi last name is predominantly Christian (86%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Odeyemi last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.
Odeyemi earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.21% less than the national average, earning $34,429 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Odeyemi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Odeyemi in the Russian language | ||
| Одейеми | odejemi | - |
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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 Odeyemi
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