Odunifa Surname

672,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odunifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odunifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4431:399,87121,013
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Odunifa (26) may also be a first name.

Odunifa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odunifa is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odunifa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Odunifa is the 672,867th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odunifa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odunifa is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 26 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 443 people, or 1 in 399,871. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 77 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Oyo, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odounifa93103/
Odunnifa931/
Odougnifa882/
Odounhifa882/
Odouniffa882/
Odounnifa881/
Odunefa862/
Odounîfa801/
Adungifa801/
Odunefe711/
Adonife575/
Odonefo571/

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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 Odunifa
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