Oluwateru Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oluwateru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oluwateru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2571:689,27131,915
England31:18,572,686338,250

Oluwateru (13) may also be a first name.

Oluwateru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oluwateru occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oluwateru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 988,329th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oluwateru live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oluwateru is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 13 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 257 people, or 1 in 689,271. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 70 percent are found, Lagos, where 10 percent are found and Ekiti, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Oluwateru
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