Hantu Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Hantu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 283 | 1:467,312 | 38,614 |
| Romania | 123 | 1:163,235 | 16,981 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Hantu (1,674) may also be a first name.
Hantu Demographics
Average Hantu Salary in
South Africa
R 14,892
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Hantu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hantu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hantu (Arabic: هانتو, Hindi: हन्तु, Marathi: हंतु) is found most in Indonesia. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hantu? popularity and diffusion
Hantu is the 637,196th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. The surname Hantu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Hantu are found; 58 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 58 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 188,140th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 1,674 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 467,312. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: Gorontalo, where 86 percent are found, East Nusa Tenggara, where 6 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 26 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Hantu Last Name Statistics demography
Hantu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 93.73% less than the national average, earning R 14,892 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hantu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hantu in the Hindi language | ||
| हन्तु | hantu | 77.08 |
| हन्तू | hantu | 11.84 |
| हंतु | hantu | 5.79 |
| हंतू | hantu | 4.28 |
| हन्टू | hantu | 0.5 |
| हन्टु | hantu | 0.25 |
| Hantu in the Marathi language | ||
| हंतु | hantu | 33.33 |
| हन्तू | hantu | 33.33 |
| हन्तु | hantu | 22.22 |
| हाण | hana | 11.11 |
| Hantu in the Arabic language | ||
| هانتو | hantw | - |
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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 Hantu
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