Odobo Surname
Approximately 570 people bear this surname
Odobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 397 | 1:446,203 | 22,838 |
| Uganda | 99 | 1:394,336 | 24,810 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Odobo (36) may also be a first name.
Odobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Odobo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Odobo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 557,722nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,785,168 people. Odobo is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Odobo live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 36 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 397 people, or 1 in 446,203. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 45 percent live, Delta, where 13 percent live and Bayelsa, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Odobo occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
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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 Odobo
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