Ratnieks Surname
Approximately 685 people bear this surname
Ratnieks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 615 | 1:3,333 | 437 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ratnieks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ratnieks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ratnieks (Russian: Ратниекс) is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ratnieks? popularity and diffusion
Ratnieks is the 485,250th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,638,753 people. Ratnieks occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Ratnieks live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 93 percent live in Baltic Europe.
This last name is most common in Latvia, where it is carried by 615 people, or 1 in 3,333. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Latgale, where 48 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 34 percent reside and Vidzeme, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Latvia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent reside and Estonia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ratnieks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ratnieks in the Russian language | ||
| Ратниекс | ratnieks | - |
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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 Ratnieks
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