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
Odowa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Odowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Odowa is held by more people in Somaliland than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Odowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 64,394th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 938,270 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Odowa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 337,693rd most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 612 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Somaliland, where it is borne by 3,701 people, or 1 in 946. Apart from Somaliland it occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 40 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.
Odowa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Odowa surname is chiefly 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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