Jentu Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Jentu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 224 | 1:241,865 | 24,757 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Jentu (734) may also be a first name.
Jentu Demographics
Average Jentu Salary in
South Africa
R 193,752
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Jentu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jentu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jentu (Bengali: জেন্টু, Hindi: जेन्तु, Marathi: जतु) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jentu? popularity and diffusion
Jentu is the 1,014,722nd most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. The last name Jentu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jentu live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 303,966th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 734 people.
Jentu is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 241,865. In South Africa Jentu is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 61 percent live, Western Cape, where 22 percent live and Gauteng, where 9 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Jentu Last Name Statistics demography
Jentu earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.47% less than the national average, earning R 193,752 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jentu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jentu in the Bengali language | ||
| জেন্টু | jentu | 94.44 |
| জেনটু | jenatu | 5.56 |
| Jentu in the Marathi language | ||
| जतु | jatu | 62.5 |
| जतू | jatu | 16.67 |
| जटु | jatu | 16.67 |
| जेन्तू | jentu | 4.17 |
| Jentu in the Hindi language | ||
| जेन्तु | jentu | 42.86 |
| जेन्तू | jentu | 28.57 |
| जेन्टू | jentu | 14.29 |
| जेंतु | jentu | 14.29 |
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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 Jentu
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