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) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bentou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 650,013th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bentou are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 78 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 394,651st most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 466 people.
Bentou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 426 people, or 1 in 48,754. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Adamawa Region, where 85 percent reside, East Region, where 14 percent reside and North Region, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 5 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
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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