Okodu Surname

395,841st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 891 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Okodu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okodu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda4841:80,6608,639
Nigeria4051:437,39022,495
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Okodu (26) may also be a first name.

Okodu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okodu has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okodu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Okodu is the 395,841st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,179,064 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okodu live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Okodu is also the 2,084,397th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 26 people.

Okodu is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 484 people, or 1 in 80,660. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Amuria District, where 33 percent are found, Soroti District, where 31 percent are found and Serere District, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 45 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okoudu9139/
Okoidu9114/
Okodou9113/
Gokodu9111/
Okuodu915/
Okoudou83143/
Okoduha8319/
Akodu802,676/
Okudu80984/
Okedu80526/
Okadu80154/
Ekodu80122/
Okouduha771/
Akoidu73151/
Ekodeu73113/
Akodou7383/
Akoodu7357/
Akuodu7345/
Okudeu7318/
Okeudu7315/
Okuudu7314/
Gokudu7311/
Okudud737/
Gokadu735/
Okaedu733/
Ukuodu732/
Okuddu732/
Akoedu732/
Okeduh731/
Akodus731/
Akkodu731/
Okudau731/
Okujdu731/
Akoddu731/
Akoudou67355/
Oukadou672/
Oikhudu671/
Akhodus671/
Ekodeuh671/
Ukoudou671/
Okuduus671/
Goukudu671/

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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 Okodu
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