Kintu Surname

18,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,045 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kintu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kintu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda24,4311:1,598212
DR Congo3,8241:19,3202,434
Tanzania3971:133,35412,432
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
United States681:5,330,278267,385
England561:994,96549,531
India331:23,244,406321,547
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Kintu (3,047) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kintau91179/
Kintui9176/
Kintou9123/
Kinttu9119/
Kintuy918/
Kintuh912/
Kuintu911/
Kintuu911/
Kinteu911/
Kntu891/
Kuinteu831/
Kintahu831/
Cintu80307/
Kentu80165/
Qintu801/
Chintu738,270/
Kentau731,600/
Quintu7311/
Kentou7311/
Kimtau734/
Kenteu732/
Cinthu731/
Kuentu731/
Kentui731/
Kenthu731/
Kuntuu731/
Kintoo731/
Quintus671,259/
Chinthu67835/
Quintui67175/
Quintuy67162/
Cntu675/
Chinttu675/
Chintou674/
Kinthoe674/
Kentuhe672/
Cinthuy671/
Quintou671/
Quintau671/
Kentush671/

Kintu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kintu in the Tibetan language
ཀུན་ཏུ་küntu77.78
ཀུན་ཏུ།küntu13.89
ཀིན་ཏུ་kintu2.78
ཀུནཏུ་kuntu2.78
ཀུན་ཏུག་küntuk2.78
Kintu in the Bengali language
কিন্তুkintu66.67
কিন্টুkintu33.33
Kintu in the Hindi language
किन्तुkintu59.66
किन्तूkintu19.32
किन्टूkintu10.8
किंतुkintu3.98
किन्टुkintu2.27
किंटूkintu1.7
किंतूkintu1.14
कीन्तूkintu0.57
किनतूkinatu0.57
Kintu in the Marathi language
िंकतुinkatu50
िंकटुinkatu25
िंकटूinkatu5
िकनतुikanatu5
िकण्टूikantu5
कींटुkintu5
िंकतूinkatu5
Kintu in the Russian language
Кинтуkintu-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kintu
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