Odiowei Surname

741,235th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 389 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odiowei Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Odiowei Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3711:477,47424,038
England181:3,095,448105,421

Odiowei (53) may also be a first name.

Odiowei Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odiowei is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odiowei? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 741,235th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 18,734,051 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Odiowei live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odiowei is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 53 people.

The last name Odiowei is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 477,474. In Nigeria Odiowei is most common in: Bayelsa, where 81 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Rivers, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Odiowei exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odiowe922/
Odisiowei881/
Odiowie861/
Odisawei801/
Odiowa7733/
Ediowe7723/
Odiawe7720/
Odioje775/
Odiejie714/
Hodioui711/
Udeowei711/
Odeyowi711/
Odieyie711/
Adihouwe67104/
Odiowaya6736/
Odiejije6720/
Odogiawe675/
Oudioued671/
Odioyoit671/
Oudjouwe671/
Houdjowe671/
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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 Odiowei
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