Ratau Surname
Approximately 7,369 people bear this surname
Ratau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6,908 | 1:7,843 | 990 |
| Botswana | 265 | 1:8,253 | 1,453 |
| Lesotho | 143 | 1:14,214 | 3,127 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Ratau (703) may also be a first name.
Ratau Demographics
Average Ratau Salary in
South Africa
R 151,212
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ratau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ratau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ratau (Hindi: रतऊ, Oriya: ରତାଉ) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ratau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ratau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 67,528th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 988,946 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ratau reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ratau is also the 311,646th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 703 people.
The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 6,908 people, or 1 in 7,843. In South Africa Ratau is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 49 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 15 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 4 percent reside and Lesotho, where 2 percent reside.
Ratau Last Name Statistics demography
Ratau earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.37% less than the national average, earning R 151,212 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ratau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ratau in the Oriya language | ||
| ରତାଉ | rata'u | - |
| Ratau in the Hindi language | ||
| रतऊ | rata'u | 47.22 |
| रताऊ | rata'u | 42.59 |
| रताउ | rata'u | 5.56 |
| रतउ | rata'u | 3.7 |
| रतौ | ratau | 0.93 |
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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 Ratau
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