Amatu Surname
Approximately 1,472 people bear this surname
Amatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 677 | 1:261,658 | 15,005 |
| India | 306 | 1:2,506,750 | 79,964 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Uganda | 109 | 1:358,159 | 23,337 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Amatu (1,726) may also be a first name.
Amatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amatu (Hindi: अमतु, Marathi: आमटू, Oriya: ଆମାତୁ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amatu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amatu is the 265,691st most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,950,778 people. The surname Amatu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Amatu reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amatu is also the 184,777th most widespread forename at a global level It is held by 1,726 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 677 people, or 1 in 261,658. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 52 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Rivers, where 7 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent live and Ghana, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amatu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amatu in the Hindi language | ||
| अमतु | amatu | 60.78 |
| अमतू | amatu | 36.97 |
| आमतु | amatu | 1.12 |
| अमातु | amatu | 0.84 |
| आमतू | amatu | 0.28 |
| Amatu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆମାତୁ | amatu | 33.33 |
| ଆମଟୁ | amatu | 33.33 |
| ଅମତୁ | amatu | 33.33 |
| Amatu in the Marathi language | ||
| आमटू | amatu | 25 |
| आमटु | amatu | 16.67 |
| अमातु | amatu | 16.67 |
| अमतू | amatu | 16.67 |
| अमटु | amatu | 8.33 |
| भामटु | bhamatu | 8.33 |
| अमतु | amatu | 8.33 |
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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 Amatu
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