Madinatu Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Madinatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madinatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria711:2,494,96882,261
Cameroon241:865,37858,754
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Madinatu (4,284) may also be a first name.

Madinatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Madinatu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Madinatu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Madinatu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Madinatu is the 1,894,523rd most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. Madinatu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Madinatu are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 105,738th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 4,284 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria Madinatu is most common in: Bauchi, where 28 percent are found, Borno, where 15 percent are found and Niger, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Madinatou941,983/
Maidinatu941/
Modinatu88115/
Madunatu8868/
Medinatu889/
Madinotu881/
Mmadunatu8246/
Madeenatu825/
Modinatus821/
Madunatuh821/
Madhunathu783/
Madhenathu781/
Modinotu7515/
Medinetu751/

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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 Madinatu
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