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

The last name Zinatou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zinatou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zinatou is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Zinatou occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Zinatou live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 109,583rd most commonly held first name globally It is held by 4,048 people.

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

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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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