Bantunu Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Bantunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Bantunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bantunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bantunu is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bantunu? popularity and diffusion
Bantunu is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Bantunu is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Bantunu live; 83 percent live in Central Africa and 83 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantungu | 93 | 4 | / |
| Bantuinu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bantounou | 88 | 60 | / |
| Wantunut | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wantounou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wantoungou | 71 | 14 | / |
| Vantunhout | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bontoungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bantinou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vanthounout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wontounou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bontonou | 53 | 34 | / |
| Vonthonu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bontonnou | 50 | 45 | / |
| Bountinou | 50 | 22 | / |
| Bonthonou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Bantunu
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