Odilinye Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Odilinye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Odilinye (11) may also be a first name.
Odilinye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odilinye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Odilinye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odilinye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,465,390th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Odilinye live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 11 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Odilinye is primarily found in: Lagos, where 28 percent are found, Enugu, where 14 percent are found and Abia, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Odilinye
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