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
The surname Obaleye occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Obaleye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaleye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 412,606th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,624,315 people. Obaleye is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obaleye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obaleye is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used given name internationally, held by 27 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 836 people, or 1 in 211,893. In Nigeria Obaleye is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 27 percent reside, Osun, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Obaleye exists in 4 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Obaleye
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