Odinachi Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odinachi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odinachi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2561:691,96432,018
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Odinachi (554) may also be a first name.

Odinachi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odinachi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Odinachi? popularity and diffusion

Odinachi is the 993,593rd most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Odinachi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odinachi is also the 357,521st most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 554 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 691,964. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 49 percent are found, Abia, where 21 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uodinachi943/
Odinaachi941/
Odainachi941/
Udinachi881/
Odinacui881/
Oudinache82128/
Godinache8212/
Odinochih822/
Odinakich821/
Odinocki7512/
Udenachi751/
Odinoche751/
Odineche751/
Odinakiy751/
Odhinaike711/
O'Duinneacha701/
Odinaka671,912/
Odinoka6772/
Adinagi6761/
Odinoki6734/
Adinasi674/
Odinosi672/
Odinake671/

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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 Odinachi
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