Odunye Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Odunye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odunye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218

Odunye (16) may also be a first name.

Odunye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Odunye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Odunye? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Odunye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Odunye live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous forename globally, held by 16 people.

The surname Odunye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ondo, where 35 percent reside, Lagos, where 29 percent reside and Oyo, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 29 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oduneye921,483/
Odunoye92468/
Odunaye92255/
Odunyie924/
Odunuye924/
Odunaiye8633/
Odunneye8619/
Odunyoye862/
Oduneiye861/
Odunge83371/
Odonye83320/
Adunye8320/
Oduney834/
Odunje833/
Odunay832/
Oduneu831/
Odunoe831/
Odunayo777,755/
Oduniyi772,146/
Odunaya77625/
Adunoye77486/
Odunuyi77135/
Adunaye7722/
Odunejo7717/
Oduniya7714/
Odunowe776/
Oduneyi774/
Oduneya774/
Odunaiy773/
Odoniye773/
Oduniyo773/
Odunawe773/
Odunoya773/
Odunoyo773/
Oduneje771/
Odunuya771/
Aduniye771/
Adounye771/
Odoneye771/
Odunniyi7179/
Odunnaya7113/
Odaunayo715/
Adunaiye714/
Odunnayo714/
Adeunoye713/
Odounayo711/
Oddunayo711/
Odunnuyi711/
Odunniya711/
Oduuniyi711/
Odunahue710/
Adonye67189/
Adunay67124/
Adugne6725/
Adunge6713/
Adunje679/
Udonye677/
Odunnniyi672/
Udunge671/
Odunai671/
Odonje671/
Odunji671/
Odunaa671/
Odonie671/
Odunja671/

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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 Odunye
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