Odoemela Surname

1,003,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odoemela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odoemela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2341:757,02034,256
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Odoemela (28) may also be a first name.

Odoemela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odoemela is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odoemela? popularity and diffusion

Odoemela is the 1,003,904th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Odoemela live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 28 people.

Odoemela is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 234 people, or 1 in 757,020. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 77 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Enugu, where 4 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Odoemela Last Name Statistics demography

Odoemela earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 100.79% more than the national average, earning R 477,144 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odooemela941/
Odemela9312/
Odomela934/
Oduemela889/
Odoemala883/
Odiemela883/
Odemola809/
Odomelo803/
Odemala803/
Odomola802/
Odomala801/
Odemolla754/
Oddemala751/
Adoemola751/
Odhomelo751/
Adeumela751/
Oddemalla715/
Oddemmala713/
Oddemmola713/
Oddemolla713/
Ademola6778,853/
Ademila6729/
Ademelo6721/
Ademala6719/
Adomola678/
Odamala676/
Edemola672/
Odumila671/
Odumelo671/
Odomalo671/
Odeyemiola671/
Adomala671/

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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 Odoemela
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