Odimegwu Surname

188,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odimegwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odimegwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,1581:82,0875,809
United States591:6,143,372295,589
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Odimegwu (112) may also be a first name.

Odimegwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odimegwu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Odimegwu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 188,157th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,241,791 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Odimegwu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 885,979th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 112 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,158 people, or 1 in 82,087. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 29 percent live, Delta, where 22 percent live and Enugu, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Odimegwu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Odimegwu last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Odimegwu earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 5.69% more than the national average, earning R 251,160 per year and in United States they earn 28.79% less than the national average, earning $30,728 USD per year.

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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 Odimegwu
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