Obeten Surname

51,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,964 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obeten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obeten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9,9531:17,7981,683
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Obeten (2,103) may also be a first name.

Obeten Last Name Facts

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

Obeten occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obeten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Obeten is the 51,450th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 731,388 people. The last name Obeten occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obeten are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obeten is also the 164,047th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 2,103 people.

The surname Obeten is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 9,953 people, or 1 in 17,798. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 79 percent are found, Lagos, where 4 percent are found and Rivers, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Obeten Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obeteng9281/
Obheten9225/
Obetten9211/
Obetien921/
Obetent921/
Obeteen921/
Obethen921/
Obetem83130/
Ebeten8363/
Obecen8337/
Obaten8317/
Obetin833/
Ubeten831/
Oboten831/
Obesen831/
Oweten831/
Obaetin7713/
Obechen7710/
Hoveten772/
Obedtin771/
Obettin771/
Ovesten771/
Obetina771/
Obettyn771/
Obeceen771/
Obehien771/
Obatten770/
Obene732,058/
Obein73856/
Obeyn7318/
Obotn734/
Obhen732/
Obgen732/
Obean731/
Ebieteen711/
Aabethen711/
Howesten711/
Hobein67934/
Gobeyn67300/
Obatin67228/
Hobgen6797/
Abaten6779/
Obesem6735/
Hobeyn6734/
Obotin6729/
Abeene6726/
Gobein6724/
Owetem6722/
Obeine6716/
Abetem6715/
Obotyn676/
Oubene675/
Hobean674/
Ubetem674/
Obisen673/
Obeing672/
Abesen672/
Abetin672/
Obesne672/
Obatyn672/
Ebiten671/
Gobean671/
O'Bein671/
O'Bean671/
Obesin671/
Oybene671/
Obytyn671/
Ojbene671/
Obehne671/
Aweten671/
O'Sweeten671/
O'Bene671/
Obeissent671/
Obitin671/
Obeane671/
Ebetin671/
Otbene671/
Hobene671/
Osbene670/
Oviten670/
Osbein670/

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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 Obeten
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