Bantai Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Bantai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Bántai (24) are calculated separately.
Bantai (95) may also be a first name.
Bantai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bantai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bantai (Hindi: बन्टी, Marathi: बान्तै) is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms: Bántai. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bantai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bantai is the 3,017,195th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Bantai live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 95 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Bantai is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 83 percent live, Ogun, where 10 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bantai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bantai in the Marathi language | ||
| बान्तै | bantai | - |
| Bantai in the Hindi language | ||
| बन्टी | banti | 37.5 |
| बन्टाई | banta'i | 25 |
| बन्टाी | bantai | 12.5 |
| बंटई | banta'i | 12.5 |
| बांटै | bantai | 12.5 |
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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 Bantai
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