de Raet Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Raet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Raet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2451:46,9257,632
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

de Raet Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Raet occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Raet? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,006,539th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of de Raet are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 81 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 46,925. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 83 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 13 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 4 percent reside. Besides Belgium this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Raedt93999/
de Rae9230/
de Raes86313/
de Reyt8647/
de Riet8647/
de Raed8628/
de Raut865/
de Raey863/
de Raez861/
de Reit861/
de Roest80152/
de Reydt8065/
de Reyst8017/
de Rouet8013/
der Riet802/
de Raess801/
de Readt801/
de Reijt801/
de Royet801/
de Roe7739/
de Roetth754/
de Reijdt752/
der Reith751/
de Roit71111/
de Roey7189/
de Ruyt7159/
de Roer7134/
de Ruit7114/
de Roep7112/
de Rout714/
de Reid713/
de Read712/
de Rouette711/
de Roes711/
de Rijt711/
de Ruyte67129/
de Rijdt6793/
de Ruijt6742/
de Roust6714/
de Routh6713/
de Ruitz671/
der Rohe671/

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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 de Raet
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