Zinatou Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Zinatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zinatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Zinatou (4,048) may also be a first name.

Zinatou Last Name Facts

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

Zinatou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zinatou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Zinatou occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Zinatou are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 109,583rd most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 4,048 people.

This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Zinatou is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 50 percent live, Littoral Region, where 25 percent live and North Region, where 25 percent live. Barring Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 29 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent live.

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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
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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 Zinatou
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