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
Bentou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺘﻮ) is most common in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bentou.
How Common Is The Last Name Bentou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 650,013th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. It is mostly 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. Bentou is also the 394,651st most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 466 people.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 426 people, or 1 in 48,754. In Cameroon Bentou is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 85 percent are found, East Region, where 14 percent are found and North Region, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 5 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
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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