Baraatu Surname

542,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 592 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Baraatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Baraatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5911:299,73416,750
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Baraatu (11,810) may also be a first name.

Baraatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Baraatu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Baraatu? popularity and diffusion

Baraatu is the 542,091st most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 12,310,044 people. The last name Baraatu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Baraatu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Baraatu is also the 54,803rd most commonly held first name globally, borne by 11,810 people.

The surname Baraatu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 591 people, or 1 in 299,734. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 34 percent are found, Sokoto, where 29 percent are found and Kano, where 9 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Baraatu
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