Obatunde Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obatunde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Obatunde Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1011:1,753,88963,997
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Obàtundè (1) are calculated separately.

Obatunde (60) may also be a first name.

Obatunde Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obatunde is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms: Obàtundè. For other possible spellings of Obatunde click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obatunde? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,828,462nd most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name Obatunde is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obatunde reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obatunde is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 60 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 1,753,889. In Nigeria Obatunde is most numerous in: Ekiti, where 26 percent live, Ogun, where 17 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obàtundè921/
Owatunde88107/
Abatunde8814/
Obatunda886/
Aabatunde821/
Awotunde756,727/
Owotunde7518/
Abotunde759/
Abetunde754/
Ebetunde751/
Abatonde751/
Awatunde751/
Awotunder713/
Awotundey711/
Awotundet711/
Owotounde711/
Abotonde634/
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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 Obatunde
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