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
The last name Odoye has its highest incidence in Benin. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,022,958th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. Odoye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Odoye reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 16 people.
Odoye is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 95,700. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 73 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 15 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 9 percent are found. Beside Benin it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Mauritius, where 26 percent are found.
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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 Odoye
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