Odugwe Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Odugwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Odugwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odugwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odugwe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Odugwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odugwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,141,416th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Odugwe are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Odugwe is most numerous in: Lagos, where 51 percent reside, Abia, where 23 percent reside and Adamawa, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oduigwe | 92 | 27 | / |
| Oduegwe | 92 | 20 | / |
| Odigwe | 83 | 4,084 | / |
| Odukwe | 83 | 808 | / |
| Odugbe | 83 | 221 | / |
| Odugwa | 83 | 12 | / |
| Odogwe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Udugwe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Adugwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Odougbe | 77 | 511 | / |
| Uduigwe | 77 | 10 | / |
| Gudugwe | 77 | 7 | / |
| Odiegwe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Oduugbe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Odigwue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Adungwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Edhugwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oduekwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Adougwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Odaugbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oduigwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Adoungwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adigwe | 67 | 6,566 | / |
| Adugbe | 67 | 429 | / |
| Edigwe | 67 | 235 | / |
| Udukwe | 67 | 153 | / |
| Udugbe | 67 | 59 | / |
| Odokwe | 67 | 45 | / |
| Adukwe | 67 | 32 | / |
| Adoungwei | 67 | 31 | / |
| Odukwa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Odogwa | 67 | 18 | / |
| Odikwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Oduque | 67 | 9 | / |
| Edukwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Odugua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Adogwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Odique | 67 | 3 | / |
| Odogwy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Udogwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Adugue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odugui | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Odugwe
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