Obetele Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Obetele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obetele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya231:2,007,82236,224
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567

Obetele Last Name Facts

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

Obetele is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obetele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,100,440th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Obetele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obetele are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,007,822. In Kenya Obetele is most prevalent in: Busia County, where 39 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 39 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 17 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 33 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.

Obetele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Obetele surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obeitele937/
Obetile8633/
Abetele866/
Obatele861/
Obeteli861/
Obitele861/
Obotele861/
Abethele8015/
Abetelie801/
Obeistehele780/
Abeteli7152/
Abetela711/
Obatale711/
Ebotele711/
Ebieteli6779/
Abethell6714/
Obitiles671/
Abuitele671/
Habetale671/
Obotolei671/
Hebatele671/

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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 Obetele
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