Odunitan Surname

430,675th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 800 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Odunitan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odunitan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7991:221,70613,081
England11:55,718,059489,080

Odunitan (250) may also be a first name.

Odunitan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Odunitan is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Odunitan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 430,675th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 9,109,432 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odunitan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 563,826th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 250 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 799 people, or 1 in 221,706. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 32 percent live, Osun, where 20 percent live and Ogun, where 19 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live.

Odunitan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Odunitan last name is primarily Christian (79%) in Nigeria.

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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 Odunitan
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