Aminatu Surname

126,646th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,587 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Aminatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aminatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,0501:58,0804,364
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Cameroon1131:183,79719,288
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Aminatu (49,526) may also be a first name.

Aminatu Last Name Facts

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

Aminatu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aminatu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 126,646th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,031,655 people. Aminatu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aminatu are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aminatu is also the 18,646th most commonly occurring forename internationally, borne by 49,526 people.

The surname Aminatu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,050 people, or 1 in 58,080. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 36 percent are found, Borno, where 20 percent are found and Zamfara, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 12 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.

Aminatu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Aminatu surname is principally Muslim (88%) in Nigeria.

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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 Aminatu
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