Laotu Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Laotu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laotu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Laotu (2,027) may also be a first name.

Laotu Last Name Facts

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

Laotu (Hindi: लाोटू, Marathi: लोटु) is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Laotu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Laotu occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Laotu are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Laotu is also the 167,709th most frequent given name globally It is held by 2,027 people.

The surname Laotu is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Laotu is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 93 percent live and Rivers, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liaotu9110/
Laotup912/
Lahotu911/
Laothui8366/
Laoutou832/
Loatu802/
Lhaoutou771/
Lagiotou771/
Lauutu734/
Loathu733/
Lauatu731/
Lohotu731/
Lohatus672/
Laiyatu671/
Léautaud629/
Lèautaud621/
Logiatou621/
Lhahuththu531/

Laotu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Laotu in the Hindi language
लाोटूlaotu-
Laotu in the Marathi language
लोटुlotu-

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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 Laotu
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