Bentou Surname
Approximately 465 people bear this surname
Bentou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 426 | 1:48,754 | 6,377 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bentou (466) may also be a first name.
Bentou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bentou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bentou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺘﻮ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bentou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 650,013th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bentou reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 78 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Bentou is also the 394,651st most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 466 people.
The last name Bentou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 426 people, or 1 in 48,754. In Cameroon Bentou is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 85 percent live, East Region, where 14 percent live and North Region, where 0 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 5 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bentou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bentou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺘﻮ | bntw | 63.27 |
| ﺑﻨﺖ | bnt | 36.73 |
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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 Bentou
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