Odoyemi Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Odoyemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Odoyemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odoyemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Odoyemi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Odoyemi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Odoyemi is the 5,057,639th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Odoyemi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odoyemi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Odoyemi is primarily found in: Ekiti, where 50 percent are found, Osun, where 29 percent are found and Kwara, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 7 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
- 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 Odoyemi
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