Dinatu Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dinatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dinatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3081:575,13927,820
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Dinatu (17,182) may also be a first name.

Dinatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dinatu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dinatu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dinatu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 832,284th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. The last name Dinatu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dinatu are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dinatu is also the 42,229th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 17,182 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 575,139. In Nigeria Dinatu is primarily found in: Bauchi, where 23 percent live, Kaduna, where 19 percent live and Plateau, where 16 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Taiwan, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dinatus923/
Dinatuu921/
Dingatu921/
Dinatou921/
Dinateu921/
Dionatou8615/
Dignatus8610/
Dainatou861/
Denatu8310/
Dunatu831/
Djnatu831/
Dinatoush801/
Denatus77197/
Dynatou771/
Denatau771/
Denastus711/
Dajnnatou671/
Denatoe621/

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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 Dinatu
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