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 last name Odunyemi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Odunyemi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Odunyemi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 331,076th most widespread surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,518,377 people. The surname 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 widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 978 people.
The surname Odunyemi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,098 people, or 1 in 161,332. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Osun, where 46 percent are found, Ondo, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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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