Odinga Surname
Approximately 8,999 people bear this surname
Odinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7,147 | 1:6,461 | 870 |
| DR Congo | 835 | 1:88,479 | 10,091 |
| Uganda | 403 | 1:96,872 | 9,830 |
| Nigeria | 247 | 1:717,177 | 32,914 |
| Netherlands | 105 | 1:160,830 | 23,699 |
| Tanzania | 83 | 1:637,851 | 38,732 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Guyana | 12 | 1:63,518 | 5,280 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
Odinga (1,694) may also be a first name.
Odinga Demographics
Odinga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Odinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Odinga is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odinga? popularity and diffusion
Odinga is the 56,361st most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,817 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Odinga are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 45 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 186,812th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 1,694 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 7,147 people, or 1 in 6,461. In Kenya Odinga is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 24 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 17 percent reside and Siaya County, where 15 percent reside. Beside Kenya Odinga is found in 29 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
Odinga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (99%) in Kenya.
In The United States Odinga are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% registered with the political party.
Odinga earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.75% more than the national average, earning $52,103 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 Odinga
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