Muntu
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Alternative form of munt (a black person)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Muntu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.
- RORomania≈1 in 54Kas Mantu(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 84Kas Mantu
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 161Kas Mantu
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Muntu itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 110 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 54K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,000 named Mantu, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Romania, est., as Mantu
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Mantu in IN India, US United States, ZA South Africa and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Alternative form of munt (a black person)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Muntu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 161K | — | Mantu | 22 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈670 est. | ≈1 in 84K | — | Mantu | 11 |
| US United States | — | 393as Mont | 1 in 846K | 741 | Mantu | 40 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Mantu | 18 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Mantu | 40 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 673K | — | Mantu | 3 |
| GY Guyana | — | 1as Mantu | 1 in 750K | 4 | — | — |
| IN India | #715 | — | — | 79 | Mantu | 110 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Muntu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In lua, somebody, man (generic); sometimes used also as slave or person.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In ttj, augmentless form of omuntu; he/she is a person
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Zulu, simple singular of umuntu, a person
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nka, person, human being
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In fng, person, human
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1990 | 4 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1988 | 3 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1985 | 3 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1976 | 3 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1993 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1991 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1982 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1980 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1976 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1975 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1973 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1958 | 2 | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Muntu mean, and where does it come from?
- Alternative form of munt (a black person) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Muntu a male or female name?
- Muntu is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Muntu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Mantu in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Muntu?
- In the United States, the national register counted 393 people named Mont in 2020, about 1 in 846 thousand residents.
- How common is Muntu compared with other names?
- In India, Muntu is the 715th most common given name of 3,760,348 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/muntuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Muntu” — the 715th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.