Eretan Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Eretan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eretan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5481:323,25317,758
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Eretan (13) may also be a first name.

Eretan Last Name Facts

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

Eretan occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Eretan? popularity and diffusion

Eretan is the 571,325th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 13,202,076 people. The surname Eretan occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Eretan are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eretan is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 13 people.

The last name Eretan is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 548 people, or 1 in 323,253. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 62 percent live, Lagos, where 26 percent live and Delta, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Eretan is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eretean926/
Eretain922/
Erestan922/
Ereztan921/
Yeretan921/
Erettan921/
Eraetan921/
Erestain86688/
Hereytan861/
Ehreitan861/
Ereztane861/
Oretan83761/
Eratan83165/
Eritan8312/
Iretan834/
Eretam831/
Erotan831/
Aretan831/
Etreztane801/
Erechtane801/
Oreitan77163/
Geritan77110/
Erathan7729/
Oroetan7720/
Haretan7713/
Oreetan7712/
Erestam7712/
Orietan779/
Jeritan779/
Eristan777/
Eritand773/
Iretand773/
Hereton772/
Areetan772/
Erethon772/
Eritane772/
Heritan771/
Eretton771/
Ereston771/
Erieton771/
Ireetan771/
Heratan771/
Ereuton771/
Ergeton771/
Arettan771/
Erittan771/
Yeritan771/
Ereeton771/
Jereton771/
Eristain7110/
Hirethan715/
Eritagne713/
Heristan713/
Herreton713/
Harethan712/
Areethan711/
Gerritan711/
Ereteine711/
Hergitan710/
Herritan710/
Horethan710/
Heretton710/
Ireton671,958/
Aratan671,044/
Arıtan67222/
Eraton67106/
Aritan6787/
Orotan6757/
Iritan6756/
Iratan6730/
Eritam6730/
Oreton6726/
Eriton6720/
Jerrestam6720/
Oratan6714/
Areton6713/
Oritan671/
Eristeane671/
Arytan671/
Jreton670/

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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 Eretan
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