Erete Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Erete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 233 | 1:760,269 | 34,383 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
The alternate forms: Erète (1) are calculated separately.
Erete (116) may also be a first name.
Erete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Erete is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Erète. Click here for other potential spellings of Erete.
How Common Is The Last Name Erete? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 919,444th most numerous last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Erete live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 116 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 760,269. In Nigeria Erete is primarily found in: Cross River, where 50 percent reside, Delta, where 14 percent reside and Edo, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Erete
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