Bantou Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Bantou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 319 | 1:15,640 | 1,904 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Greece | 22 | 1:503,627 | 63,727 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Bantou (114) may also be a first name.
Bantou Demographics
Average Bantou Salary in
United States
$29,792 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bantou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bantou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bantou (Hindi: बन्तौ) is held by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bantou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bantou is the 659,458th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Bantou are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 82 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bantou is also the 877,214th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 114 people.
This last name is most frequent in The Congo, where it is borne by 319 people, or 1 in 15,640. In The Congo it is primarily concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 61 percent reside, Pointe-Noire Department, where 36 percent reside and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 3 percent reside. Apart from The Congo Bantou is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside.
Bantou Last Name Statistics demography
Bantou earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.96% less than the national average, earning $29,792 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bantou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bantou in the Hindi language | ||
| बन्तौ | bantau | - |
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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 Bantou
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