Mintou Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Mintou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 69 | 1:278,145 | 8,561 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Mintou (14,288) may also be a first name.
Mintou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mintou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mintou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺖ) is found most in Niger. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mintou.
How Common Is The Last Name Mintou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mintou is the 1,620,164th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Mintou are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 47,946th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 14,288 people.
Mintou is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 278,145. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 52 percent live, Dosso Region, where 25 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 12 percent live. Barring Niger this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live and Benin, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mintou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mintou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺖ | mnt | 65.41 |
| ﻣﻨﺘﻮ | mntw | 22.01 |
| ﻣﻨﺔ | mnt | 4.4 |
| ﺑﻨﺖ | bnt | 3.14 |
| ﻣﻴﻨﺘﻮ | myntw | 2.52 |
| ﺍﻣﻨﺔ | amnt | 1.26 |
| ﻣﻴﻨﺔ | mynt | 0.63 |
| ﺁﻣﻨﺔ | amnt | 0.63 |
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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 Mintou
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