Caretu Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Caretu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Caretu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Caretu Last Name Facts

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

Caretu occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Caretu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Caretu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Caretu occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Caretu live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 60 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,692,623. Apart from Romania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent are found and Switzerland, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carethus861/
Carettus860/
Saretu83206/
Caratu83101/
Karetu8340/
Caritu832/
Caretó831/
Carrethus800/
Carratu771,603/
Carateu7736/
Karetou7719/
Karetau7714/
Cariteu7713/
Zaretou7711/
Caritou777/
Karethu774/
Kareutu772/
Caritus771/
Carattu771/
Carahtu771/
Karettu771/
Sairetu771/
Karietu771/
Jaretui771/
Carituy770/
Charitou712,382/
Caritoux7175/
Jarretou7153/
Carrattu7119/
Caristus719/
Jauretui714/
Zarietou711/
Saharetu711/
Karreetu711/
Corretus710/
Karatu671,303/
Karotu67866/
Karitu67400/
Saritu6727/
Coratu6722/
Caratù677/
Keretu674/
Soretu673/
Coritu672/
Caratú672/
Carrithus670/

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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 Caretu
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