Odongu Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Odongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 77 | 1:507,004 | 28,868 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Odongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odongu is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Odongu.
How Common Is The Last Name Odongu? popularity and diffusion
Odongu is the 2,121,169th most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odongu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 507,004. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Zombo District, where 68 percent live, Kiryandongo District, where 17 percent live and Masindi District, where 13 percent live. Besides Uganda Odongu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Odongu
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