Odosa Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Odosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Odosa (69) may also be a first name.
Odosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Odosa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Odosa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odosa? popularity and diffusion
Odosa is the 2,333,370th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Odosa live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 69 people.
The last name Odosa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria Odosa is mostly found in: Edo, where 87 percent live, Rivers, where 8 percent live and Benue, where 2 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent live and Taiwan, where 3 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 Odosa
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