Odiwuor Surname

24,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Odiwuor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odiwuor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya22,2081:2,079320
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Odiwuor (4,614) may also be a first name.

Odiwuor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odiwuor is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odiwuor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 24,344th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 327,972 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odiwuor reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Odiwuor is also the 101,014th most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 4,614 people.

Odiwuor is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 22,208 people, or 1 in 2,079. In Kenya Odiwuor is mostly found in: Homa Bay County, where 41 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 23 percent are found and Migori County, where 21 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Odiwuor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odiwor921/
Odiwour86351/
Oduwuor863/
Odiwvor861/
Odiwoor861/
Odibor77244/
Odewor772/
Odiwar771/
Oduwor771/
Oddiwar714/
Godiwar712/
Edihuor711/
Adiwour711/
Adiword711/
Odiware710/
Oddhiwar671/
Edewuhor671/

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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 Odiwuor
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