Chinatu Surname

569,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Chinatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5381:329,26218,011
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chinatu (2,244) may also be a first name.

Chinatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chinatu (Hindi: चिनटू, Marathi: िचनतू, Oriya: ଚିନଟୁ) is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinatu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 569,728th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 13,154,415 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chinatu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chinatu is also the 157,712th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,244 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 538 people, or 1 in 329,262. In Nigeria Chinatu is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 72 percent live, Rivers, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chinatu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chinatu in the Hindi language
चिनटूcinatu-
Chinatu in the Oriya language
ଚିନଟୁcinatu-
Chinatu in the Marathi language
िचनतूicanatu-

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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
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  • 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 Chinatu
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