Obateru Surname

297,841st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obateru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obateru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2561:141,0379,049
England111:5,065,278148,650
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Obateru (40) may also be a first name.

Obateru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obateru is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obateru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 297,841st most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 5,697,847 people. The last name Obateru is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obateru reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obateru is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 40 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,256 people, or 1 in 141,037. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 43 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Ekiti, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Obateru occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Obateru Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Obateru last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oboteru8613/
Owateru869/
Abateru865/
Obataru863/
Obeteru862/
Abgateru803/
Abeteru71337/
Obetiru7155/
Abatiru712/
Obetaru711/
Ebatiru711/
Abeterru671/
Abetiru572/
Avatiru572/
Abetaru571/
Awatiru571/

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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 Obateru
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis