Rataba Surname

821,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Rataba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rataba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea951:85,82911,359
South Africa931:582,55644,854
Lesotho921:22,0934,562
Indonesia521:2,543,254149,807
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Rataba (55) may also be a first name.

Rataba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rataba (Arabic: راتبي, Marathi: रतबा) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rataba? popularity and diffusion

Rataba is the 821,713th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. The last name Rataba occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Rataba are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most widespread given name throughout the world It is held by 55 people.

This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 85,829. In Papua New Guinea Rataba is mostly found in: Northern, where 38 percent live, Western, where 34 percent live and National Capital District, where 19 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Rataba occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 28 percent live and Lesotho, where 27 percent live.

Rataba Last Name Statistics demography

Rataba earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.99% less than the national average, earning R 173,508 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Rataba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rataba in the Marathi language
रतबाrataba-
Rataba in the Arabic language
راتبيratby-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rataba
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