Oduyemi Surname

197,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oduyemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oduyemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,9531:90,7036,307
England1121:497,48331,781
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Oduyemi (180) may also be a first name.

Oduyemi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oduyemi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oduyemi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 197,650th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,440,768 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Oduyemi are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oduyemi is also the 679,247th most widespread first name globally, borne by 180 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,953 people, or 1 in 90,703. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 38 percent live, Ogun, where 32 percent live and Osun, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Oduyemi Last Name Statistics demography

Oduyemi earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 66.62% more than the national average, earning $71,893 USD per year.

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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 Oduyemi
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