Raitis Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Raitis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 33 | 1:166,567 | 14,872 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Raitis (1,802) may also be a first name.
Raitis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raitis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Raitis occurs in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Raitis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,483,783rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Raitis live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in Scandinavia. Raitis is also the 179,993rd most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,802 people.
The surname is most numerous in Finland, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 166,567. In Finland Raitis is most prevalent in: Southwest Finland, where 52 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 45 percent reside and Tavastia Proper, where 3 percent reside. Besides Finland this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 28 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 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 Raitis
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