Odulwa Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Odulwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Odulwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Odulwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odulwa has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odulwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Odulwa is the 5,812,366th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odulwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Odulwa is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Odulwa is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 90 percent live and Kakamega County, where 10 percent live. Aside from Kenya Odulwa exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odulua833/
Odolwa831/
Adolwa67647/
Odilva672/
Adulua671/
Gudulva622/
Adulwit621/
Gaddulua571/
Adolua5030/
Odolue5011/
Adilva501/
Udolwo501/
Edilva501/
Udolua501/
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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 Odulwa
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