Odienya Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Odienya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odienya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya901:513,11025,838
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Odienya (18) may also be a first name.

Odienya Last Name Facts

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

Odienya occurs most in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Odienya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Odienya is the 1,907,068th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odienya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Odienya is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 18 people.

The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 513,110. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Migori County, where 99 percent live and Kisumu County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya Odienya is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odinya92505/
Odenya9217/
Oidinya8613/
Odinyah864/
Odionya864/
Odesnya863/
Odeanya862/
Adienya861/
Odyenya861/
Odeinya861/
Odinaiya802/
Odhienyo801/
Adinya771,736/
Odenyo771,620/
Adenya77924/
Odinyo7730/
Odinia7728/
Udenya7718/
Odenia776/
Odinea772/
Udinya772/
Udeinya71303/
Gadenya71168/
Hadenya7194/
Udeanya7140/
Adeanya7122/
Gudinya7122/
Adienyo7119/
Oddenyo719/
Adjenya718/
Adeunya715/
Adinyah714/
Odenija713/
Adienja713/
Adeinya711/
Gudenya711/
Godenia711/
Godinja711/
Aadinya711/
Aditnya711/
Uduinya711/
Hodenia711/
Odiniha711/
Odinjah711/
Adenyah711/
Odinhay711/
Odingia711/
Odineau711/
Adinyad711/
Oudainia67754/
Odiña67252/
Adenaiya67199/
Adinaiya6710/
Adejanya6710/
Hodgenia674/
Adeasnya674/
Aadesnya673/
Adenaaya673/
Odiņa672/
Adeyanya672/
Adinyayi671/
Hodainia671/
Adesnyaa671/
Adajinya671/

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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 Odienya
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis