Maitou Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Maitou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 82 | 1:135,119 | 22,476 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Maïtou (2) are calculated separately.
Maitou (201) may also be a first name.
Maitou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maitou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maitou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﻴﺖ) occurs most in Greece. It can be rendered as a variant: Maïtou. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maitou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,286,243rd most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Maitou live; 46 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 46 percent live in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 639,077th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 201 people.
This surname is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 135,119. In Greece Maitou is most frequent in: South Aegean, where 48 percent reside, Attica, where 32 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 21 percent reside. Not including Greece Maitou exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 41 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maitou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maitou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﻴﺖ | amyt | 25 |
| ﻣﻴﺘﻮ | mytw | 25 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺘﻮ | amytw | 25 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺖ | almyt | 25 |
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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 Maitou
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