Oduniyi Surname

195,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oduniyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oduniyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,0401:86,8356,087
England581:960,65648,451
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Iceland21:190,0456,825
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Oduniyi (79) may also be a first name.

Oduniyi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oduniyi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oduniyi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 195,513th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,395,874 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Oduniyi reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oduniyi is also the 1,083,225th most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 79 people.

The last name Oduniyi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,040 people, or 1 in 86,835. In Nigeria Oduniyi is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 38 percent live, Ogun, where 21 percent live and Oyo, where 13 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Oduniyi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Oduniyi last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the party.

Oduniyi earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 73.57% more than the national average, earning $74,892 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Odunuyi86135/
Aduniyi8621/
Oduniya8614/
Odunyie864/
Oduneyi864/
Oduniyo863/
Odunaiy863/
Oduniji861/
Odunnuyi801/
Odunniya801/
Odunye7724/
Oduney774/
Odunay772/
Odunai771/
Odunayo717,755/
Oduneye711,483/
Odunaya71625/
Odunoye71468/
Odunaye71255/
Aduniya71168/
Adunoyi715/
Odunuye714/
Oduneya714/
Odunoyo713/
Odunoya713/
Odoniye713/
Odunijo711/
Odunuya711/
Odonyia711/
Adunuyi711/
Odoniya711/
Aduniye711/
Gaduniya6738/
Odunneye6719/
Odunnaya6713/
Odaunayo675/
Odunnayo674/
Odunyoye672/
Odounayo671/
Oddunayo671/
Adduniya671/

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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 Oduniyi
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