Bateye Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Bateye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bateye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bateye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bateye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bateye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bateye is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. Bateye is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bateye live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 48 percent reside, Osun, where 30 percent reside and Ondo, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 19 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Bateye
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