Venatus Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Venatus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Venatus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania961:551,47535,149
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
England11:55,718,059489,080
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Venatus (921) may also be a first name.

Venatus Last Name Facts

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

Venatus has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Venatus? popularity and diffusion

Venatus is the 1,589,322nd most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Venatus live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 266,960th most frequent given name internationally, held by 921 people.

Venatus is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 551,475. In Tanzania Venatus is mostly concentrated in: Manyara Region, where 89 percent reside, Kagera Region, where 4 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 4 percent reside. Beside Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Venaitus931/
Benatus86151/
Venattu8623/
Vinatus8622/
Vanatus866/
Fenatus864/
Venetus862/
Venatos861/
Benatous802/
Benastus801/
Vinatu7741/
Benattous755/
Benatouss751/
Benatou71417/
Benatos7131/
Binatus718/
Fanatus715/
Vinatou711/
Vinetus711/
Benateu711/
Fenetus711/
Benattou672,862/
Benaatou675/
Mpinatus674/
Phenetus671/
Bineatus671/
Benhatou671/
Visnatuu671/

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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 Venatus
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