Kintu Surname
Approximately 29,045 people bear this surname
Kintu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 24,431 | 1:1,598 | 212 |
| DR Congo | 3,824 | 1:19,320 | 2,434 |
| Tanzania | 397 | 1:133,354 | 12,432 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| United States | 68 | 1:5,330,278 | 267,385 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Kintu (3,047) may also be a first name.
Kintu Demographics
Kintu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kintu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kintu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kintu (Bengali: কিন্তু, Hindi: किन्तु, Marathi: िंकतु, Russian: Кинту, Tibetan: ཀུན་ཏུ་) occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kintu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 18,967th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 250,905 people. The surname Kintu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kintu reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 130,830th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 3,047 people.
It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 24,431 people, or 1 in 1,598. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 12 percent are found, Kamuli District, where 11 percent are found and Kampala District, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this surname is found in 35 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Kintu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kintu surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.85% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kintu earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 26.92% more than the national average, earning R 301,608 per year and in United States they earn 54.32% more than the national average, earning $66,589 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kintau | 91 | 179 | / |
| Kintui | 91 | 76 | / |
| Kintou | 91 | 23 | / |
| Kinttu | 91 | 19 | / |
| Kintuy | 91 | 8 | / |
| Kintuh | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kuintu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kintuu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kinteu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kntu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kuinteu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kintahu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cintu | 80 | 307 | / |
| Kentu | 80 | 165 | / |
| Qintu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chintu | 73 | 8,270 | / |
| Kentau | 73 | 1,600 | / |
| Quintu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Kentou | 73 | 11 | / |
| Kimtau | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kenteu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cinthu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuentu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kentui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kenthu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuntuu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kintoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Quintus | 67 | 1,259 | / |
| Chinthu | 67 | 835 | / |
| Quintui | 67 | 175 | / |
| Quintuy | 67 | 162 | / |
| Cntu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chinttu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chintou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kinthoe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kentuhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cinthuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quintou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quintau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kentush | 67 | 1 | / |
Kintu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kintu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀུན་ཏུ་ | küntu | 77.78 |
| ཀུན་ཏུ། | küntu | 13.89 |
| ཀིན་ཏུ་ | kintu | 2.78 |
| ཀུནཏུ་ | kuntu | 2.78 |
| ཀུན་ཏུག་ | küntuk | 2.78 |
| Kintu in the Bengali language | ||
| কিন্তু | kintu | 66.67 |
| কিন্টু | kintu | 33.33 |
| Kintu in the Hindi language | ||
| किन्तु | kintu | 59.66 |
| किन्तू | kintu | 19.32 |
| किन्टू | kintu | 10.8 |
| किंतु | kintu | 3.98 |
| किन्टु | kintu | 2.27 |
| किंटू | kintu | 1.7 |
| किंतू | kintu | 1.14 |
| कीन्तू | kintu | 0.57 |
| किनतू | kinatu | 0.57 |
| Kintu in the Marathi language | ||
| िंकतु | inkatu | 50 |
| िंकटु | inkatu | 25 |
| िंकटू | inkatu | 5 |
| िकनतु | ikanatu | 5 |
| िकण्टू | ikantu | 5 |
| कींटु | kintu | 5 |
| िंकतू | inkatu | 5 |
| Kintu in the Russian language | ||
| Кинту | kintu | - |
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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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- 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 Kintu
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