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
Odu (Hindi: ओदू, Marathi: ओडु, Oriya: ଓଦୁ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,798th most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 234,704 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Odu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 111,825th most widely held first name globally, borne by 3,922 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29,706 people, or 1 in 5,963. In Nigeria Odu is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 21 percent are found, Imo, where 17 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 38 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Odu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Odu surname 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% registered with 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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