Arethuse Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Arethuse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Aréthuse (1) are calculated separately.
Arethuse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arethuse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arethuse is found most frequently in France. It can appear as a variant: Aréthuse. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arethuse? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,237,939th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Arethuse live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Arethuse is most widely held in France, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 962,648. In France Arethuse is primarily found in: Pays de la Loire, where 81 percent reside, Brittany, where 12 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 3 percent reside. Aside from France this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aréthuse | 96 | 1 | / |
| Arethus | 93 | 27 | / |
| Arethusa | 88 | 69 | / |
| Orethuse | 88 | 55 | / |
| Arethaus | 88 | 1 | / |
| Aretus | 86 | 4 | / |
| Aretusi | 80 | 254 | / |
| Aretusa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Arretus | 80 | 4 | / |
| Arestus | 80 | 3 | / |
| Arrestus | 75 | 4 | / |
| Arretusi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aretos | 71 | 167 | / |
| Aritus | 71 | 146 | / |
| Arestuche | 71 | 124 | / |
| Aretoussa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eretusi | 67 | 44 | / |
| Haretos | 67 | 25 | / |
| Haritus | 67 | 13 | / |
| Orestus | 67 | 10 | / |
| Aretosi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aristus | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aratise | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eretuze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oretusi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Arethuse
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