Rahanatu Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Rahanatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rahanatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2671:663,45630,992
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581

Rahanatu (9,660) may also be a first name.

Rahanatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rahanatu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Rahanatu.

How Common Is The Last Name Rahanatu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 919,444th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rahanatu are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 62,710th most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 9,660 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 663,456. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 51 percent reside, Sokoto, where 39 percent reside and Kano, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Ghana, where 3 percent reside.

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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 Rahanatu
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