Kabantu Surname

188,860th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kabantu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kabantu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2,2161:33,3394,159
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kabantu (96) may also be a first name.

Kabantu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kabantu is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kabantu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kabantu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kabantu is the 188,860th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,256,276 people. The surname Kabantu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kabantu reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 96 people.

The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,216 people, or 1 in 33,339. Aside from The DR Congo it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kabantou931/
Kabantud931/
Cabantud80309/
Kuibantu804/
Cabantus801/
Cabantous75577/
Kohtbantau714/
Cavantou6746/
Khamphanthu674/
Cabantoo671/
Cabamtous631/

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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 Kabantu
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