Ateke Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Ateke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 421 | 1:420,767 | 21,816 |
| Cameroon | 129 | 1:161,001 | 17,453 |
| Ivory Coast | 115 | 1:200,619 | 8,596 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Ateke (450) may also be a first name.
Ateke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ateke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ateke has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ateke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 460,168th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 9,928,537 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ateke are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 403,380th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 450 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 421 people, or 1 in 420,767. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 66 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 13 percent are found and Delta, where 11 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Ateke
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