Taminu Surname

585,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Taminu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taminu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5011:353,57819,069
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Taminu (442) may also be a first name.

Taminu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Taminu (Hindi: तमिनू, Marathi: तिमणु) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Taminu.

How Common Is The Last Name Taminu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Taminu is the 585,898th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Taminu are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 407,699th most prevalent forename worldwide. It is borne by 442 people.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 501 people, or 1 in 353,578. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 15 percent are found, Jigawa, where 11 percent are found and Zamfara, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Taminu is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taminau92103/
Taminou9263/
Taiminu9213/
Tamainu928/
Thaminu923/
Tameinu921/
Tamingu921/
Taaminu921/
Tamainou861/
Tamignau861/
Tahaminu861/
Tamunu83704/
Teminu8384/
Tominu8376/
Tamenu838/
Tamignaux8014/
Thaminy77290/
Tamenou7798/
Tominus7727/
Temienu773/
Tamenut772/
Tominut772/
Teeminu771/
Tomainu771/
Tameanu771/
Temoinu771/
Taumengu711/
Tamengou711/
Tamenaux711/
Temeinou711/
Thamunuh711/
Thamminy711/
Temenu67777/
Tomenu674/
Tomenou62277/
Thomenu623/
Ttemenu621/
Toumenou5747/
Ttemenou571/

Taminu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taminu in the Hindi language
तमिनूtaminu-
Taminu in the Marathi language
तिमणुtimanu-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Taminu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis