Odiniya Surname

388,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 912 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odiniya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odiniya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9121:194,23511,730

Odiniya (111) may also be a first name.

Odiniya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odiniya is found most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Odiniya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odiniya? popularity and diffusion

Odiniya is the 388,780th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 7,990,730 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odiniya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odiniya is also the 890,531st most frequent forename in the world It is held by 111 people.

The surname Odiniya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 912 people, or 1 in 194,235. In Nigeria Odiniya is most frequent in: Kogi, where 46 percent are found, Benue, where 16 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found.

Odiniya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Odiniya last name is chiefly Muslim (73%) in Nigeria.

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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 Odiniya
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