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 last name Obateru occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obateru? popularity and diffusion

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

The surname Obateru is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,256 people, or 1 in 141,037. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 43 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Ekiti, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Obateru Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily 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
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