Ntamu Surname
Approximately 818 people bear this surname
Ntamu Surname Definition:
Ntamu is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: a child that is born in a time of hardship or during a calamity.
Ntamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 316 | 1:560,578 | 27,255 |
| South Africa | 297 | 1:182,417 | 19,977 |
| Uganda | 83 | 1:470,353 | 27,634 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ntamu (28) may also be a first name.
Ntamu Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ntamu is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: a child that is born in a time of hardship or during a calamity.
Ntamu Demographics
Average Ntamu Salary in
South Africa
R 154,512
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ntamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ntamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ntamu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ntamu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 423,328th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,908,980 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntamu live; 39 percent live in West Africa and 39 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 28 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 560,578. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 83 percent are found, Ondo, where 5 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 36 percent are found and Uganda, where 10 percent are found.
Ntamu Last Name Statistics demography
Ntamu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.98% less than the national average, earning R 154,512 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ntaimu | 91 | 221 | / |
| Ntamus | 91 | 5 | / |
| Ntamou | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ntaamu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nntamu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ntamuh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ntameu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ntammou | 83 | 51 | / |
| N'Tamou | 83 | 50 | / |
| Ntamoud | 83 | 16 | / |
| Ntatmou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nthaimu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ntamouh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ntaimou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ntemu | 80 | 245 | / |
| Ntomu | 80 | 2 | / |
| N'Tammou | 77 | 18 | / |
| N'Tamgou | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Thamou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ntahamou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ntemou | 73 | 219 | / |
| Nteemu | 73 | 196 | / |
| Nthomu | 73 | 22 | / |
| N'Tomu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ntomou | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ntamoo | 73 | 2 | / |
| N'Temu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ntomuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ntomeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ntoumou | 67 | 209 | / |
| Nteumou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nthemou | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Toumou | 62 | 8 | / |
| Ntousmou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ntheumou | 62 | 1 | / |
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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
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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 Ntamu
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