Obateye Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Obateye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 207 | 1:855,762 | 37,544 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obateye (19) may also be a first name.
Obateye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obateye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obateye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obateye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,152,132nd most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. The last name Obateye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obateye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 19 people.
The last name Obateye is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 855,762. In Nigeria Obateye is most frequent in: Ogun, where 67 percent are found, Lagos, where 29 percent are found and Osun, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obateyei | 93 | 1 | / |
| Obatey | 92 | 2 | / |
| Obaeye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obatoye | 86 | 175 | / |
| Obataye | 86 | 47 | / |
| Obaseye | 86 | 21 | / |
| Obattee | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obaithee | 80 | 7 | / |
| Obatay | 77 | 966 | / |
| Obaoye | 77 | 475 | / |
| Abatey | 77 | 278 | / |
| Obotee | 77 | 39 | / |
| Obatie | 77 | 3 | / |
| Obetey | 77 | 2 | / |
| Obatei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abatee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abaeye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obaeyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obatoy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abaitey | 71 | 838 | / |
| Obatayo | 71 | 689 | / |
| Obatuyi | 71 | 353 | / |
| Abastey | 71 | 23 | / |
| Obauaye | 71 | 19 | / |
| Obatawe | 71 | 12 | / |
| Obasoye | 71 | 11 | / |
| Obotaye | 71 | 10 | / |
| Obouaye | 71 | 8 | / |
| Obasaye | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ebataye | 71 | 5 | / |
| Abeatey | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ebateya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gobatie | 71 | 4 | / |
| Abateyo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Abataye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Obatoyi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Obaseya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Obasuye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Owatoye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Awateye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Obataya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Obetiye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Abaitee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ebeteye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obatayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obatiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oboetey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obosaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obaseje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obaseyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awoteye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owataye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abatiye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obahaiye | 67 | 13 | / |
| Oboae | 67 | 6 | / |
| Abattaye | 67 | 6 | / |
| Obasegie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obasohye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obaea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awatteye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebattaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abatayed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abaey | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obateye
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