Odieka Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Odieka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
Odieka (11) may also be a first name.
Odieka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odieka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odieka occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Odieka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Odieka is the 2,394,033rd most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname Odieka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odieka reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odieka is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held forename globally It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 66 percent live, Ebonyi, where 28 percent live and Kaduna, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 42 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.
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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 Odieka
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