Aretha Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Aretha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 74 | 1:149,727 | 24,658 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Aretha (12,833) may also be a first name.
Aretha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aretha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aretha is held by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aretha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,746,159th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name Aretha occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Aretha reside; 67 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 67 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. Aretha is also the 51,744th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 12,833 people.
The last name Aretha is most frequently held in Greece, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 149,727. In Greece Aretha is most frequent in: Thessaly, where 55 percent are found, Western Greece, where 38 percent are found and Attica, where 1 percent are found. Not including Greece Aretha occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 15 percent are found and Iran, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Aretha
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