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Surname Bantu (Bantu , Bantou , Mbantu ) , all over the world, is a common family name. The cognomen Bantu is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare surname, Liberia, and India. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. Likewise, Bantu is the forename as well as the last name.