Bangtu Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bangtu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bangtu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria911:1,946,62468,955
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Bangtu (515) may also be a first name.

Bangtu Last Name Facts

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

Bangtu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bangtu.

How Common Is The Last Name Bangtu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,817,111th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bangtu are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bangtu is also the 372,418th most common forename at a global level, held by 515 people.

The surname Bangtu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria Bangtu is primarily found in: Plateau, where 99 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 1 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 9 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.

Bangtu Last Name Statistics demography

Bangtu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.77% less than the national average, earning R 76,584 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bangtuh922/
Wangtu8365/
Vangtou771,543/
Huangtu7776/
Bangtoo7717/
Vuangtu776/
Bongtou775/
Bongthud711/
Wongtui62239/
Vongtau62126/
Wongtuy6210/
Wongtup621/
Wongtou621/
Huongthuy534/

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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 Bangtu
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