Bantow Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bantow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bantow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bantow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bantow is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bantow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,352,516th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Bantow live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 83 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent are found and Hesse, where 4 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 12 percent are found and The Philippines, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bantowa921/
Bantaw83327/
Bantov8372/
Bantoft77155/
Wantouw7786/
Bantova7774/
Banthaw773/
Boontow771/
Bontowa771/
Wantowa771/
Bantoff771/
Bosntow770/
Baynetov714/
Banthoff711/
Wantaw67840/
Bantav67173/
Vantov6754/
Bontov6712/
Bontaw677/
Bantab675/
Wantov671/
Wantof671/
Baysentov671/

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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 Bantow
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