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
Ratau (Hindi: रतऊ, Oriya: ରତାଉ) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ratau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ratau is the 67,528th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 988,946 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ratau are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ratau is also the 311,646th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 703 people.
It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 6,908 people, or 1 in 7,843. In South Africa Ratau is most common in: Limpopo, where 49 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 15 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 4 percent live and Lesotho, where 2 percent live.
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
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- 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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