Obakeye Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Obakeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Obakeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obakeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obakeye is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obakeye? popularity and diffusion
Obakeye is the 2,255,512th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. Obakeye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obakeye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria Obakeye is most common in: Lagos, where 49 percent live, Ogun, where 19 percent live and Oyo, where 14 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obakye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obakeyeje | 88 | 2 | / |
| Obakaye | 86 | 3 | / |
| Obakoye | 86 | 3 | / |
| Obaikee | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obekeye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gobakoye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obakiyes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obakeu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Abakye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obokee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abakey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Goubakoye | 75 | 79 | / |
| Obakoya | 71 | 577 | / |
| Abakaye | 71 | 119 | / |
| Ebekeye | 71 | 41 | / |
| Habakey | 71 | 4 | / |
| Obokiye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Obakoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abakoye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obakayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gubakye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obakoyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ebakaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obakaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abaikaye | 67 | 33 | / |
| Ebakhaye | 67 | 24 | / |
| Goubakoy | 67 | 18 | / |
| Abakouye | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ubakeyop | 67 | 4 | / |
| Avuokeye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aboukeye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Habakaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oboekiye | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obakeye
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