Owatemi Surname
Approximately 358 people bear this surname
Owatemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 348 | 1:509,031 | 25,276 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Owatemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owatemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owatemi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Owatemi.
How Common Is The Last Name Owatemi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 788,513th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 20,356,274 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Owatemi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 348 people, or 1 in 509,031. In Nigeria Owatemi is most common in: Ondo, where 36 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Oyo, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and Scotland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owaetemi | 93 | 6 | / |
| Obatemi | 86 | 36 | / |
| Owotemi | 86 | 10 | / |
| Awatemi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Owatomi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owhotemi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowatimi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obateme | 71 | 91 | / |
| Abatemi | 71 | 12 | / |
| Ewatomi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Owotimi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Owotomi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Awotemi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Abotemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owotemy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hawatimi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Oweitimi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Owootomi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awoetemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awetemie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owoetomi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouwattimy | 59 | 1 | / |
| Awotomi | 57 | 13 | / |
| Awotimi | 57 | 12 | / |
| Awatome | 57 | 6 | / |
| Ewotimi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Awetimi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Avotema | 57 | 1 | / |
| Aboteme | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ewatame | 57 | 1 | / |
| Obotimi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Owotome | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ojuotimi | 53 | 35 | / |
| Oweitome | 53 | 1 | / |
| Aboiteme | 53 | 1 | / |
| Abatemeh | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hawatima | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hawatameh | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Owatemi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis