Peretu Surname
Approximately 391 people bear this surname
Peretu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 385 | 1:460,111 | 23,377 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Peretu (83) may also be a first name.
Peretu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peretu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peretu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peretu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Peretu is the 738,530th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,638,225 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Peretu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 83 people.
Peretu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 460,111. In Nigeria Peretu is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 72 percent reside, Delta, where 11 percent reside and Benue, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Peretu exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pheretu | 92 | 157 | / |
| Peretau | 92 | 29 | / |
| Peretou | 92 | 22 | / |
| Peretuz | 92 | 1 | / |
| Peretus | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pereteu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Peyretou | 86 | 33 | / |
| Perestup | 86 | 23 | / |
| Peretout | 86 | 2 | / |
| Peretuit | 86 | 1 | / |
| Peresthu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Poretu | 83 | 30 | / |
| Peretó | 83 | 18 | / |
| Paretu | 83 | 16 | / |
| Peritu | 83 | 13 | / |
| Peratu | 83 | 11 | / |
| Piretu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Peyretout | 80 | 134 | / |
| Perethuis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Perreteus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peritus | 77 | 4 | / |
| Perathu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Parettu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peiretó | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paeratu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Perothu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Perittu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Parietu | 77 | 0 | / |
| Peyratou | 71 | 73 | / |
| Petritou | 71 | 58 | / |
| Petritus | 71 | 21 | / |
| Petrytus | 71 | 18 | / |
| Pareethu | 71 | 16 | / |
| Peeratui | 71 | 4 | / |
| Peyrotau | 71 | 2 | / |
| Perrottu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pieratou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paratu | 67 | 106 | / |
| Poritu | 67 | 62 | / |
| Piritu | 67 | 50 | / |
| Parotu | 67 | 31 | / |
| Pierratou | 67 | 27 | / |
| Paritu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Poratu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Porotu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Piratu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Petraitus | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Peretu
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