Odoye Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Odoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 108 | 1:95,700 | 10,977 |
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Mauritius | 64 | 1:20,210 | 4,215 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Odoye (16) may also be a first name.
Odoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Odoye is found most in Benin. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Odoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,022,958th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Odoye live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odoye is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread given name throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 95,700. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Plateau Department, where 73 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 15 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Benin Odoye is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and Mauritius, where 26 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
- 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 Odoye
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