Karetou Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karetou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karetou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece181:615,54471,673
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Karetou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karetou occurs more in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karetou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,532,898th most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Karetou is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Karetou reside; 95 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 615,544. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: North Aegean, where 89 percent are found, Central Macedonia, where 6 percent are found and Thessaly, where 6 percent are found. Barring Greece Karetou occurs in one country. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 5 percent are found.

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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 Karetou
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