Amintu Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Amintu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amintu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Amintu (128) may also be a first name.

Amintu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Amintu is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amintu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Amintu reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amintu is also the 821,896th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 128 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kogi, where 67 percent are found, Sokoto, where 17 percent are found and Yobe, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Amintu occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amintou923/
Amintuu921/
Gamntu8318/
Amentu832/
Emintu831/
Amentus771/
Emntu733/
Amentheu711/
Ementu676/
Omenthu621/
Omentus621/

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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
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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 Amintu
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