Odowaa Surname
Approximately 2,130 people bear this surname
Odowaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 1,430 | 1:2,448 | 279 |
| Somalia | 686 | 1:19,609 | 1,156 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Odowaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odowaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Odowaa is found most frequently in Somaliland. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Odowaa.
How Common Is The Last Name Odowaa? popularity and diffusion
Odowaa is the 196,716th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 3,421,383 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Odowaa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Cushitic Africa.
The last name Odowaa is most frequently held in Somaliland, where it is borne by 1,430 people, or 1 in 2,448. Aside from Somaliland this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 32 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Odowaa
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