Okodele Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Okodele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okodele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda241:1,626,63757,482
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Okodele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okodele is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okodele? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Okodele is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okodele reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Okodele is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 1,626,637. In Uganda Okodele is primarily found in: Pallisa District, where 50 percent reside, Bukedea District, where 29 percent reside and Kamuli District, where 4 percent reside. Barring Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okoudele9314/
Okedele861,563/
Okudele8638/
Ekodele8621/
Okodile865/
Akodele862/
Okodili7170/
Okudile7111/
Acodele717/
Akudele717/
Akadele715/
Akedele715/
Akodole712/
Okudela712/
Ukudele711/
Okedeli711/
Okedale711/
Akadiele673/
Akoudale671/
Ukodilee671/

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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 Okodele
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