Ratema Surname

372,836th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 962 people bear this surname

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

Ratema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ratema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9481:57,1497,252
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
England21:27,859,030389,889
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ratema (109) may also be a first name.

Ratema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ratema is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ratema? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 372,836th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 7,575,412 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ratema reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ratema is also the 900,062nd most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 109 people.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 948 people, or 1 in 57,149. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 41 percent are found, Limpopo, where 25 percent are found and North West, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Ratema Last Name Statistics demography

Ratema earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.22% less than the national average, earning R 163,452 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rataema9214/
Ratemah924/
Rateema921/
Rratema921/
Ratemat921/
Rautemaa8613/
Raatemaa861/
Ratemaya861/
Ratemo837,850/
Ratima83412/
Ratama83308/
Ratemi8345/
Ratoma8311/
Retema837/
Rateme834/
Ratimah77763/
Rautama77101/
Ratamma7761/
Rahtama7734/
Reitema7733/
Rastima7728/
Ratimat7725/
Rotemma7723/
Rastemi7723/
Ratamaa7719/
Rautoma7714/
Rathima7710/
Raitama779/
Rattama778/
Raitemo776/
Rastemo774/
Ratomai774/
Retemah774/
Ratamah773/
Razteme772/
Ratemoh772/
Rathoma771/
Ratimas771/
Ratamay771/
Rautima771/
Raetama771/
Rattamma71708/
Rathamma71101/
Raitamaa7154/
Rahutama7151/
Rautamaa7137/
Rautomaa7125/
Raattama7117/
Rhatimah7113/
Raitomaa7113/
Radtimah717/
Rattamah715/
Rautamay713/
Rautamah713/
Ratthima711/
Rattimas711/
Raaitama711/
Raatamaa711/
Rahatama711/
Rautamma711/
Retemaih711/
Retama672,136/
Retima67879/
Rotama67412/
Retoma67326/
Ratime67192/
Raattamaa6790/
Ratomo6780/
Ratthamma6762/
Ratimi6749/
Ratamo6714/
Ruostemaa679/
Rotima679/
Rotemi673/
Ratimo671/
Rotoma671/
Rotemy671/
Roteme671/

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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 Ratema
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