Datu Surname
Approximately 21,759 people bear this surname
Datu Surname User-submission:
The Datu surname means 'rich'. Datu is also a title held by village chieftains.
Datu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 12,996 | 1:7,790 | 708 |
| Indonesia | 6,152 | 1:21,497 | 2,605 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| United States | 455 | 1:796,613 | 61,475 |
| Malaysia | 383 | 1:77,008 | 5,496 |
| Nigeria | 296 | 1:598,455 | 28,689 |
| Thailand | 277 | 1:255,012 | 43,365 |
| India | 227 | 1:3,379,143 | 97,272 |
| Romania | 106 | 1:189,414 | 19,163 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 1:12,955 | 1,460 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Datu (22,493) may also be a first name.
Datu Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Datu surname means 'rich'. Datu is also a title held by village chieftains.
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Datu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Datu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Datu (Bengali: দাতু, Georgian: დათუ, Hindi: दतु, Marathi: दतु, Oriya: ଡାଟୁ, Russian: Дату, Tibetan: མདའ་ཀྲུགས།) is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Datu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Datu is the 24,815th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 334,921 people. The surname Datu is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Datu live; 90 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 34,603rd most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 22,493 people.
The surname Datu is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 12,996 people, or 1 in 7,790. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Central Luzon, where 39 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 13 percent are found and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 11 percent are found. Barring The Philippines Datu is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 28 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent are found.
Datu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Datu last name are 7.35% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.58% registered with the party.
The amount Datu earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 17.32% more than the national average, earning $50,624 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.75% more than the national average, earning $51,544 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Datu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Datu in the Georgian language | ||
| დათუ | datu | - |
| Datu in the Bengali language | ||
| দাতু | datu | - |
| Datu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡାଟୁ | datu | 57.78 |
| ଦାତୁ | datu | 17.78 |
| ଦାଟୁ | datu | 15.56 |
| ଡାତୁ | datu | 4.44 |
| ଡାଟୂ | datu | 2.22 |
| ଡଟୁ | datu | 2.22 |
| Datu in the Marathi language | ||
| दतु | datu | 55.27 |
| दतू | datu | 34.54 |
| दातु | datu | 4.42 |
| दत् | dat | 2.36 |
| दातू | datu | 1.57 |
| दाटु | datu | 0.79 |
| दाटू | datu | 0.57 |
| दटु | datu | 0.13 |
| डातु | datu | 0.04 |
| डतु | datu | 0.04 |
| Datu in the Hindi language | ||
| दतु | datu | 54.13 |
| दातू | datu | 19.27 |
| दातु | datu | 9.17 |
| दतू | datu | 8.26 |
| दटू | datu | 2.75 |
| दटु | datu | 2.75 |
| डाटू | datu | 1.83 |
| डातू | datu | 0.92 |
| डटू | datu | 0.92 |
| Datu in the Tibetan language | ||
| མདའ་ཀྲུགས། | datruk | 50 |
| དྲ་ཀྲུ་ | dratru | 50 |
| Datu in the Russian language | ||
| Дату | datu | - |
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