Janatu Surname

606,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Janatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Janatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3141:54,5197,527
Tanzania1141:464,40032,092
Indonesia641:2,066,394128,621
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Janatu (999) may also be a first name.

Janatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Janatu (Hindi: जनतु, Marathi: जनतु) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Janatu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Janatu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 606,498th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,261,342 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Janatu reside; 65 percent reside in Southern Africa and 65 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 254,587th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 999 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Beside Malawi Janatu occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 22 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Janatu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Janatu in the Marathi language
जनतुjanatu42.86
जानतुjanatu28.57
जनटुjanatu14.29
जनतूjanatu14.29
Janatu in the Hindi language
जनतुjanatu28.57
जनातूjanatu28.57
जनातुjanatu14.29
जनतूjanatu14.29
जानतुjanatu14.29

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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 Janatu
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