Odowa Surname
Approximately 7,767 people bear this surname
Odowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 3,701 | 1:946 | 118 |
| Somalia | 3,137 | 1:4,288 | 381 |
| Kenya | 668 | 1:69,132 | 6,588 |
| Djibouti | 150 | 1:6,100 | 439 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
Odowa (612) may also be a first name.
Odowa Demographics
Average Odowa Salary in
United States
$8,643 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Odowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Odowa is more commonly found in Somaliland than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 64,394th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 938,270 people. The last name Odowa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Odowa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Odowa is also the 337,693rd most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 612 people.
It is most widespread in Somaliland, where it is held by 3,701 people, or 1 in 946. Without taking into account Somaliland this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 40 percent reside and Kenya, where 9 percent reside.
Odowa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Odowa surname is primarily Muslim (90%) in Kenya.
The amount Odowa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 32.56% less than the national average, earning 233,395 kr per year; in United States they earn 79.97% less than the national average, earning $8,643 USD per year and in Canada they earn 51.11% less than the national average, earning $24,291 CAD per year.
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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 Odowa
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