Odour Surname

267,807th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Odour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,4351:32,1813,509
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Odour (396) may also be a first name.

Odour Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odour is found most in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odour? popularity and diffusion

The surname Odour is the 267,807th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,998,317 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Odour live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 434,130th most numerous first name internationally, held by 396 people.

The last name Odour is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,435 people, or 1 in 32,181. In Kenya Odour is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 28 percent are found, Siaya County, where 19 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 14 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and Sudan, where 0 percent are found.

Odour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Odour has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Odour surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Odour Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Odour last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ohdour9115/
Oddour915/
Oudour913/
Godour911/
Odur8913,157/
Odor895,087/
Goudour83184/
Houdour838/
Ouddour835/
O'Doure830/
Oduor8083,864/
Hodor803,819/
Adour803,098/
Oidor802,564/
Hodur80705/
Odore80336/
Godor80322/
Godur80110/
Odhur8099/
O'Dor8062/
Odure8056/
Odorh8045/
Odeur8035/
Oddur8022/
Oudor8014/
Odaur808/
Oydor806/
Odgor805/
Odoir804/
Oddor804/
Udour803/
Odoer802/
Odurd801/
Oidur801/
Ojdor801/
Oduur801/
Odord801/
Odoor801/
Odurh801/
Osdor801/
Goodhour771/
Gadour732,867/
Hadour731,067/
Goodur73688/
Asdour73355/
Addour73267/
Ahdour73157/
Oduore7387/
Godorr7362/
Odojor7343/
Odejor7342/
Hodore7325/
Adoure7323/
Odower7321/
O'Dore7319/
Odayor7316/
Audour7311/
Hoddur7310/
Godhur7310/
Osdorp739/
Adhour738/
Odoyer737/
Odorhe736/
Godoor735/
Oduire734/
Odoire733/
Odhuer733/
Odujar733/
Oduyer732/
O'Duir732/
Gudour732/
Hoidor732/
Ooduor732/
Hodhur731/
Godhor731/
Odijor731/
Hoydor731/
Huodur731/
Hojdor731/
Hodurz731/
Oujdor731/
O'Doer731/
O'Duer731/
Goudor731/
Goduer731/
Goidor731/
Odoyor731/
Odhuor731/
Goodor730/
Ador6723,886/
Adur678,409/
Odar676,012/
Ódor673,366/
Haddour672,806/
Udor672,234/
Gaddour67179/
Oudoire67139/
O'Duyer6759/
Udur6747/
Odorova6741/
Ádor6726/
Outdoor6725/
Odorová6718/
Hadhour6716/
O'Dower6715/
Haudour6715/
Godujar6710/
Odurova678/
Goodoor675/
Gahdour674/
Odojere674/
Hodoyer674/
Odujere673/
Aaddour672/
Gaudour671/
Godauer671/
Goodaur671/
Goodhur671/
Hadouer671/
Odór671/
Asdourd671/
Godojar671/
Odogier670/

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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 Odour
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