Laitu Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Laitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Laitu (7,863) may also be a first name.
Laitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laitu (Hindi: लैटू, Marathi: लैतु, Oriya: ରଈତ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laitu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Laitu is the 1,497,948th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Laitu live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Laitu is also the 71,919th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 7,863 people.
The last name Laitu is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria Laitu is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 49 percent are found, Plateau, where 24 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in France, where 24 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laitu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laitu in the Oriya language | ||
| ରଈତ | ra'ita | - |
| Laitu in the Hindi language | ||
| लैटू | laitu | 88.89 |
| लैतु | laitu | 5.56 |
| लईटू | la'itu | 5.56 |
| Laitu in the Marathi language | ||
| लैतु | laitu | 58.82 |
| लैतू | laitu | 26.47 |
| लैटु | laitu | 8.82 |
| लोैटू | loaitu | 2.94 |
| लैटू | laitu | 2.94 |
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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 Laitu
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