Rateef Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Rateef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Rateef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rateef Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rateef is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rateef? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Rateef are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Rateef is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratheef | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rateeb | 83 | 161 | / |
| Rateev | 83 | 57 | / |
| Rateif | 83 | 6 | / |
| Rathef | 83 | 3 | / |
| Rateew | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ratief | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rattef | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rateift | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rahteev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Reatief | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rateiff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rateb | 73 | 17,342 | / |
| Ratif | 73 | 57 | / |
| Ratev | 73 | 48 | / |
| Ratew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Retef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Retief | 67 | 5,518 | / |
| Raiteb | 67 | 205 | / |
| Rataev | 67 | 167 | / |
| Rattew | 67 | 133 | / |
| Ratiev | 67 | 122 | / |
| Ratuev | 67 | 99 | / |
| Ratiff | 67 | 63 | / |
| Ratyev | 67 | 55 | / |
| Reteff | 67 | 45 | / |
| Rateva | 67 | 41 | / |
| Raitif | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ratheb | 67 | 17 | / |
| Roteff | 67 | 11 | / |
| Rastev | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rothef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roteev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reteev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Riteev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hratev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ratife | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Rateef
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