Odugwu Surname
Approximately 547 people bear this surname
Odugwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 545 | 1:325,033 | 17,840 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Odugwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odugwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Odugwu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Odugwu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 575,362nd most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,322,753 people. The last name Odugwu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odugwu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 545 people, or 1 in 325,033. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Enugu, where 66 percent live, Lagos, where 6 percent live and Benue, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oduegwu | 92 | 192 | / |
| Odougwu | 92 | 41 | / |
| Odukgwu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Odogwu | 83 | 5,822 | / |
| Odukwu | 83 | 471 | / |
| Udugwu | 83 | 305 | / |
| Edugwu | 83 | 125 | / |
| Adugwu | 83 | 16 | / |
| Odigwu | 83 | 11 | / |
| Odugbu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Odiegwu | 77 | 816 | / |
| Udeugwu | 77 | 173 | / |
| Edeugwu | 77 | 22 | / |
| Udougwu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Adaugwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Odhogwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Edughwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eduigwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Adeugwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Odoghwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Odogkwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Otdogwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Adukwu | 67 | 4,788 | / |
| Udogwu | 67 | 1,474 | / |
| Adigwu | 67 | 812 | / |
| Edukwu | 67 | 448 | / |
| Adogwu | 67 | 253 | / |
| Odokwu | 67 | 154 | / |
| Udukwu | 67 | 42 | / |
| Adugbu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Udugbu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Odikwu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Edigwu | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Odugwu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis