Ategbe Surname

600,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Ategbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ategbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4211:420,76721,816
Benin631:164,05716,557
Ivory Coast331:699,12819,606
England11:55,718,059489,080

Ategbe (29) may also be a first name.

Ategbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ategbe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ategbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 600,164th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 14,068,621 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Ategbe reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 29 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 421 people, or 1 in 420,767. In Nigeria Ategbe is most numerous in: Ondo, where 22 percent reside, Kogi, where 16 percent reside and Edo, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 12 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Attegbe92129/
Aitegbe9244/
Ategber924/
Atoegbe923/
Attiegbe862/
Adtegbie861/
Ategba83202/
Otegbe83140/
Atagbe8320/
Atogbe8312/
Atigbe835/
Etegbe834/
Ategue831/
Ategwe831/
Atiogbe773,159/
Otiegbe7791/
Ataigbe7751/
Attigbe7725/
Attogbe7710/
Atigbea774/
Otegbei773/
Otoegbe773/
Ateugue772/
Atagbea771/
Aitogbe771/
Ottegbe771/
Ateagbi771/
Attagbe771/
Oteigbe771/
Hatogbe771/
Eatogbe771/
Etegbhe771/
Otaegbe771/
Atoygbe771/
Ethegbe771/
Attiogbe7114,805/
Athiogbe714/
Atiogbhe712/
Athingbe712/
Atiogbey711/
Ettaegbe711/
Otegbehe711/
Atigbi67283/
Ategwa67113/
Otagbe67101/
Otigbe6762/
Etogbe6734/
Ateque6732/
Ategui6725/
Atekwe6724/
Attiogbey6721/
Atigba6716/
Otegba6716/
Otogbe6710/
Athiogbey678/
Etigbe674/
Otegue673/
Atygba671/
Atagbi671/
Otahiegbe671/

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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 Ategbe
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