Alatu Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Alatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 110 | 1:1,610,389 | 60,100 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Alatu (159) may also be a first name.
Alatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alatu (Bengali: আলতু, Hindi: ालतू, Marathi: अलतु, Oriya: ଆଲଟୁ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alatu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alatu is the 1,353,468th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Alatu live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alatu is also the 727,628th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 159 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 1,610,389. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 45 percent are found, Sokoto, where 13 percent are found and Abia, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 30 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alatu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alatu in the Bengali language | ||
| আলতু | alatu | - |
| Alatu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଲଟୁ | alatu | 62.5 |
| ଆଲଟୁତାି | alatutai | 12.5 |
| ଆଳଟୂାରି | alatuari | 12.5 |
| ଆଲତୁ | alatu | 12.5 |
| Alatu in the Hindi language | ||
| ालतू | alatu | 50 |
| अलतू | alatu | 50 |
| Alatu in the Marathi language | ||
| अलतु | alatu | 33.33 |
| फ़ालतु | falatu | 33.33 |
| आलतू | alatu | 33.33 |
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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 Alatu
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