Odubu Surname

240,763rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odubu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odubu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,6191:109,4157,309
Uganda371:1,055,11644,846
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Odubu (31) may also be a first name.

Odubu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Odubu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Odubu occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odubu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Odubu is the 240,763rd most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,387,445 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odubu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odubu is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 31 people.

The surname Odubu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,619 people, or 1 in 109,415. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 43 percent live, Edo, where 15 percent live and Anambra, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Odubu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Odubu surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odubuh911/
Odoubou8316/
Adubu80818/
Odibu80275/
Odobu80125/
Oduwu8043/
Edubu8037/
Udubu8019/
Oduvu802/
Adubui7314/
Odhuwu7311/
Adubau737/
Gudubu735/
Goduvu734/
Udubuu734/
Adoubu732/
Aduubu732/
Eddubu731/
Addubu731/
Odouwu731/
Odauwu731/
Hadubu731/
Goudoubou7129/
Adoubou6745/
Audubui671/
Aduubuu671/
Adoubui671/

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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 Odubu
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