Odunyemi Surname
Approximately 1,118 people bear this surname
Odunyemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,098 | 1:161,332 | 10,108 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Odunyemi (978) may also be a first name.
Odunyemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odunyemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Odunyemi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odunyemi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 331,076th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 6,518,377 people. The last name Odunyemi is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Odunyemi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Odunyemi is also the 257,637th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 978 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,098 people, or 1 in 161,332. In Nigeria Odunyemi is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 46 percent live, Ondo, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria Odunyemi exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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 Odunyemi
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