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Throughout the world, Kinto (Quinto , Kinto , Quintus ) is a common primarily male, but scarcely feminine forename. The given name Kinto is characteristic of Italy, where it is quite a common boy's name, South Africa, where it is a rare boy's name, and Mali. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Italy, India, and South Africa. More frequently, Kinto is the last name as well as the forename.
Kinto is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Quintus Valerius Pompey , the fictional character in the HBO TV series Rome; Quintus Bouwhuis , character in Goede tijden, slechte tijden; Quintus Arrius , the A fictional character from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ; Quintus Caecilius Iucundus , the character in the Cambridge Latin Course series of books and Quinto Licinio Catone , the literary character, among other works.