Odu Surname
Approximately 31,050 people bear this surname
Odu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29,706 | 1:5,963 | 739 |
| India | 327 | 1:2,345,766 | 76,423 |
| Indonesia | 243 | 1:544,235 | 43,920 |
| United States | 181 | 1:2,002,536 | 128,575 |
| Cameroon | 149 | 1:139,390 | 15,562 |
| Uganda | 125 | 1:312,314 | 21,378 |
| England | 120 | 1:464,317 | 30,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Turkey | 36 | 1:2,161,706 | 72,332 |
| Solomon Islands | 33 | 1:17,577 | 3,381 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Odu (3,922) may also be a first name.
Odu Demographics
Average Odu Salary in
United States
$53,255 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Odu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odu (Hindi: ओदू, Marathi: ओडु, Oriya: ଓଦୁ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,798th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 234,704 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Odu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 111,825th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 3,922 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29,706 people, or 1 in 5,963. In Nigeria Odu is most numerous in: Cross River, where 21 percent reside, Imo, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
Odu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Odu last name is principally Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Odu surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Odu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.25% less than the national average, earning 217,161 kr per year and in United States they earn 23.42% more than the national average, earning $53,255 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Odu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Odu in the Hindi language | ||
| ओदू | odu | 66.67 |
| ओदु | odu | 33.33 |
| Odu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓଦୁ | odu | 64.29 |
| ଓଡୁ | odu | 35.71 |
| Odu in the Marathi language | ||
| ओडु | odu | 44.44 |
| ओदू | odu | 27.78 |
| ओदु | odu | 16.67 |
| क़ोडु | qodu | 5.56 |
| ओडू | odu | 5.56 |
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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 Odu
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