Aretas Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Aretas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 280 | 1:189,077 | 16,295 |
| Greece | 83 | 1:133,491 | 22,215 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Aretas (538) may also be a first name.
Aretas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aretas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aretas is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Aretas.
How Common Is The Last Name Aretas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 723,769th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The last name Aretas is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Aretas reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 363,474th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 538 people.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 280 people, or 1 in 189,077. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 39 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 38 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Aretas
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