Owodele Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owodele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owodele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1741:1,018,06242,870
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Owodele (15) may also be a first name.

Owodele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owodele is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owodele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,263,456th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Owodele live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 15 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 1,018,062. In Nigeria Owodele is primarily found in: Lagos, where 32 percent reside, Ekiti, where 30 percent reside and Oyo, where 22 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Owodele is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awodele864,115/
Owadele868/
Owedele862/
Oywedele801/
Obadele71388/
Ewedele7123/
Awodile719/
Awudele717/
Awadele716/
Awodale715/
Abodele712/
Uwudele711/
Awoudle711/
Awedele711/
Awodela711/
Awoudile6710/
Uwadiele676/
Owodally675/
Ewadiele671/

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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 Owodele
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