Aretu Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Aretu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aretu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania671:299,67027,018
Nigeria601:2,952,37992,303
Uganda311:1,259,33249,678
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Aretu (232) may also be a first name.

Aretu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aretu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Aretu has its highest incidence in Romania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Aretu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,380,086th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Aretu reside; 42 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 42 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 588,797th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 232 people.

The surname Aretu is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 299,670. In Romania Aretu is most common in: Dolj County, where 55 percent reside and Olt County, where 45 percent reside. Beside Romania Aretu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 38 percent reside and Uganda, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aretou9132/
Arestu9110/
Aretus914/
Garetu911/
Aretau911/
Areteu911/
Arietu911/
Airetu911/
Arethus8327/
Arestou838/
Areytou835/
Arretus834/
Hareitu834/
Arestus833/
Garetou831/
Arettou831/
Areutou831/
Earethu831/
Areitou831/
Aresteu831/
Eretu80395/
Arotu80153/
Oretu8072/
Aritu8065/
Aratu8036/
Arrestus774/
Arettaud773/
Arretaud771/
Arethaus771/
Garitu731,449/
Aristu73695/
Arattu73215/
Aritus73146/
Ariotu7334/
Haratu7327/
Aratau7327/
Aritau7315/
Auratu7311/
Haritu736/
Airatu736/
Orethu734/
Arhatu734/
Asritu732/
Heretu731/
Earotu731/
Earatu731/
Erretu731/
Aritut731/
Erethu731/
Airotu731/
Arytou731/
Ariztu731/
Oretup731/
Orestu731/
Arothu731/
Aritou731/
Arretault711/
Haratau67152/
Haritou67140/
Aristou67133/
Aristeu67133/
Aristud6760/
Haristu6746/
Harittu6739/
Hairatu6734/
Haaratu6718/
Haritus6713/
Orestus6710/
Araytou678/
Garitou676/
Aristus675/
Hauratu674/
Garittu674/
Earathu673/
Arrothu673/
Horetou672/
Aerathu672/
Aarritu671/
Earrotu671/
Aharatu671/
Arytuha671/
Arzitou671/
Eretheu671/

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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 Aretu
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