Odoemelan Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odoemelan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Odoemelan 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
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Odoemelan Last Name Facts

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

Odoemelan occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odoemelan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Odoemelan is the 4,034,050th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Odoemelan occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Odoemelan live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 43 percent live, Lagos, where 30 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live.

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
Odemelan944/
Odoemelam892,625/
Odoemelon891/
Odoemeleam843/
Odaemelam784/
Odoemilam783/
Odeumelam781/
Ademolan713/
Odumelam711/
Adomolahan631/
Adamalan591/
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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 Odoemelan
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