Obatala Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cuba

Obatala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obatala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Obatala (15) may also be a first name.

Obatala Last Name Facts

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

Obatala is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obatala? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Obatala are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used forename globally, held by 15 people.

Obatala is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 75 percent reside and New York, where 25 percent reside. Besides The United States Obatala occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent reside and Cuba, where 13 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 Obatala
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