Obaleye Surname
Approximately 845 people bear this surname
Obaleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 836 | 1:211,893 | 12,594 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obaleye (27) may also be a first name.
Obaleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obaleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obaleye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaleye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 412,606th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 8,624,315 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obaleye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous first name on earth It is held by 27 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 836 people, or 1 in 211,893. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 27 percent reside, Osun, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 0 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 Obaleye
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