Dateme Surname

704,927th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 417 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dateme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dateme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3551:498,99424,920
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Benin191:543,97934,804
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dateme (92) may also be a first name.

Dateme Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dateme is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dateme? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 704,927th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 17,476,129 people. The surname Dateme is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dateme are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dateme is also the 992,070th most common first name internationally, held by 92 people.

The last name Dateme is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 355 people, or 1 in 498,994. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 85 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Benin, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Datemey9212/
Datteme921/
Datheme921/
Datem9135/
Dautemer8636/
Datema831,562/
Dadtem83170/
Doteme8376/
Dattem8339/
Dastem8311/
Datome834/
Datame833/
Datime833/
Deteme833/
Dateam832/
Dateim831/
Daytem831/
Dathem831/
Dhatame777/
Dotieme777/
Datisme772/
Douteme772/
Dathame772/
Daytime771/
Dhatema771/
Deteime770/
Datimer770/
Datim73303/
Dotem730/
Dattamey711/
Deiteime710/
Dastim67417/
Datomi6755/
Datimi6731/
Dadtim6710/
Dattim6710/
Detome677/
Datima677/
Dotema674/
Detemi671/
Dashtymeh671/
Datuim671/
Detime671/
Daatim671/
Dasthimer671/
Daytim671/
Dautim671/
Detame671/
Dotime671/
Dottem671/

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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 Dateme
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