Odonga Surname
Approximately 935 people bear this surname
Odonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 729 | 1:53,552 | 6,386 |
| Ivory Coast | 139 | 1:165,980 | 7,542 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Odonga (43) may also be a first name.
Odonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odonga occurs most in Uganda. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odonga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Odonga is the 381,197th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 7,794,167 people. The last name Odonga is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Odonga are found; 78 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, held by 43 people.
This surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 729 people, or 1 in 53,552. In Uganda Odonga is most numerous in: Gulu District, where 22 percent live, Pader District, where 14 percent live and Serere District, where 13 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 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 Odonga
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