Ratego Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ratego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ratego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431

Ratego Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ratego is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ratego? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ratego live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Ratego is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa Ratego is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 60 percent reside, Western Cape, where 35 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent reside. Besides South Africa Ratego occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 26 percent reside.

Ratego Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Ratego surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Ratego earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.48% less than the national average, earning R 34,512 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rastego9229/
Ratega8311/
Ratigo832/
Rathogo7731/
Rategad776/
Rastega773/
Rathago771/
Rautago771/
Reatega771/
Rastigo771/
Rotega675/
Retago675/
Rataga674/
Ratoga673/
Ratiga673/
Retega671/
Reatiga622,170/
Rathaga62415/
Rattiga6211/
Rahtiga626/
Rathoga623/
Reteaga622/
Rathiga622/
Ratagah621/
Rottega621/
Ratigha621/
Raitiga621/
Rhatiga621/
Rotigod621/
Rathakga5727/
Rottigod5712/
Rathinga576/
Rataakga573/
Rachtyga571/
Reatigas571/
Rhathinga534/
Geeratiga531/
Routaghou531/
Retaga50525/

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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 Ratego
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis