Oduburu Surname

296,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oduburu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oduburu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1881:149,1109,467
Uganda961:406,65925,271
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oduburu (119) may also be a first name.

Oduburu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oduburu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oduburu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oduburu is the 296,572nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,666,832 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oduburu are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oduburu is also the 856,040th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 119 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,188 people, or 1 in 149,110. In Nigeria Oduburu is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 84 percent live, Enugu, where 4 percent live and Benue, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria Oduburu is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oduburuh936/
Uduburu8653/
Odoburu868/
Aduburu864/
Oduboru861/
Odiburu861/
Odoubourou82169/
Oddddduburu781/
Adiburu7157/
Odoboru717/
Aduvuru711/
Adoburu711/
Adoubourou711/
Odouborou635/
Adobourou632/

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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 Oduburu
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