Jinteh Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Jinteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jinteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jinteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jinteh is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jinteh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Jinteh is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Jinteh live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Jinteh is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 399,405. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 46 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 27 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Jinteh
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