Odurukwe Surname
Approximately 376 people bear this surname
Odurukwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 361 | 1:490,700 | 24,586 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Odurukwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Odurukwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Odurukwe is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Odurukwe? popularity and diffusion
Odurukwe is the 760,012th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. The surname Odurukwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Odurukwe live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 361 people, or 1 in 490,700. In Nigeria Odurukwe is most numerous in: Abia, where 25 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Enugu, where 15 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odurukwee | 94 | 3 | / |
| Oduwrukwe | 94 | 1 | / |
| Oduruke | 93 | 1 | / |
| Adurukwe | 88 | 3 | / |
| Odurakwe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Odiruokwe | 82 | 4 | / |
| Oturuke | 80 | 61 | / |
| Eduruke | 80 | 56 | / |
| Oderuke | 80 | 4 | / |
| Oduruku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Odureke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oduruko | 80 | 1 | / |
| Odourke | 80 | 0 | / |
| Odirikwe | 75 | 26 | / |
| Oturukei | 75 | 8 | / |
| Odirekwe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Odarkwei | 75 | 2 | / |
| Oturukwu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Odruko | 71 | 392 | / |
| Yodruk | 71 | 192 | / |
| Idruke | 71 | 16 | / |
| Odruku | 71 | 3 | / |
| Odaruk | 71 | 3 | / |
| Uduruk | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aduruk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oderke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oudourgue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Odaryuk | 67 | 702 | / |
| Ediruke | 67 | 85 | / |
| Oderike | 67 | 56 | / |
| Iduruku | 67 | 40 | / |
| Udurkhe | 67 | 37 | / |
| Ederuke | 67 | 20 | / |
| Oturuku | 67 | 16 | / |
| Odruako | 67 | 16 | / |
| Aderuke | 67 | 11 | / |
| Aduruku | 67 | 11 | / |
| Yodruck | 67 | 6 | / |
| Adureke | 67 | 5 | / |
| Udouruk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Adorkwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Odariuk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aduroke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Odoruku | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ituruke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oduarka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odruaku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Udurake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adurkee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aduruka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Idurake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ideruke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oturkey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odiruku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odaruku | 67 | 1 | / |
| O'Drake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eduruku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etourke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odurigu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odarkie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eduroke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Outaruk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edureke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odoruki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odereke | 67 | 1 | / |
| O Darke | 67 | 0 | / |
| O Drake | 67 | 0 | / |
| Udurugbe | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Odurukwe
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