Odiahi Surname

629,292nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odiahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odiahi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4711:376,09920,048
England111:5,065,278148,650
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Odiahi (12) may also be a first name.

Odiahi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odiahi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Odiahi.

How Common Is The Last Name Odiahi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Odiahi is the 629,292nd most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,994,950 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Odiahi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odiahi is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 12 people.

Odiahi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 471 people, or 1 in 376,099. In Nigeria Odiahi is most prevalent in: Edo, where 82 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Delta, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odiai91106/
Oudiai83621/
Ediahi834/
Odiahe834/
Adjiahi772/
Ouddiai771/
Adiai731/
Hoodiaie711/
Adjahi67341/
Eddiai67239/
Odiaaa671/
Odiaes671/

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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 Odiahi
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