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 most in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Aretas.
How Common Is The Last Name Aretas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 723,769th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Aretas live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 363,474th most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 538 people.
The last name Aretas is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 189,077. In Tanzania Aretas is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 39 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 38 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 19 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common 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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