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
Odonga occurs most in Uganda. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Odonga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 381,197th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 7,794,167 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Odonga reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 43 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 729 people, or 1 in 53,552. In Uganda Odonga is primarily found in: Gulu District, where 22 percent reside, Pader District, where 14 percent reside and Serere District, where 13 percent reside. Not including Uganda it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
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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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