Ratanya Surname

893,754th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 300 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ratanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ratanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2961:156,01312,361
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ratanya (483) may also be a first name.

Ratanya Last Name Facts

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

Ratanya (Bengali: রতন্যা, Hindi: रतन्या, Marathi: रतन्या, Oriya: ରତନଯ୍) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ratanya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 893,754th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ratanya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 386,824th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 483 people.

Ratanya is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 296 people, or 1 in 156,013. In Kenya Ratanya is most frequent in: Meru County, where 98 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 1 percent are found and Embu County, where 0 percent are found. Other than Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Ratanya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ratanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ratanya in the Bengali language
রতন্যাratan'ya-
Ratanya in the Hindi language
रतन्याratan'ya-
Ratanya in the Oriya language
ରତନଯ୍ratanay-
Ratanya in the Marathi language
रतन्याratan'ya94.19
रतण्याratanya3.55
रतान्याratan'ya1.29
रतनratana0.32
रायातrayata0.32

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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 Ratanya
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