Ratu Surname

29,997th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,817 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Fiji

Ratu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ratu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia13,5211:9,7811,237
Fiji2,0421:43842
India8291:925,29039,894
Solomon Islands4311:1,34673
Romania2321:86,54310,089
New Zealand1861:24,3464,252
Papua New Guinea1791:45,5515,636
Malaysia721:409,64221,284
Australia591:457,55435,515
United States411:8,840,462379,649
England321:1,741,18971,393
Russia291:4,969,761222,297
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Pakistan251:7,145,75540,003
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Finland131:422,82327,659
Singapore131:423,66918,211
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Cook Islands81:2,272577
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Brunei51:83,7461,811
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Bhutan31:205,3461,091
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Tonga11:107,313791
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Ratu (48,945) may also be a first name.

Ratu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ratu (Bengali: রতু, Hindi: रतु, Marathi: रतु, Oriya: ରାତୁ, Russian: Рату, Tibetan: ར་ཀྲུགས།) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ratu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ratu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ratu is the 29,997th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 409,022 people. Ratu occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Ratu are found; 76 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 76 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ratu is also the 18,857th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 48,945 people.

It is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 13,521 people, or 1 in 9,781. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 35 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 19 percent live and North Sulawesi, where 18 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name is found in 41 countries. It is also found in Fiji, where 11 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.

Ratu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ratu has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 586 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ratu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ratu surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ratu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.17% less than the national average, earning R 108,912 per year and in United States they earn 53.63% more than the national average, earning $66,289 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rautu8916,099/
Ratau897,369/
Rattu892,429/
Ratou891,371/
Ratus89178/
Ratup89151/
Rathu89109/
Raitu89108/
Rahtu89102/
Ratuś8963/
Rastu8928/
Ratud8925/
Rateu8924/
Rhatu8912/
Ratuu8911/
Raatu8911/
Raytu896/
Ratut895/
Rratu893/
Ratui892/
Rajtu892/
Reatu892/
Ratuh892/
Ratuz892/
Raetu891/
Hratu891/
Ratuș891/
Rathou80734/
Ratush80296/
Rathud80238/
Rataud80184/
Rauthu80174/
Rataux80160/
Rattus80141/
Rastau80112/
Rathau8059/
Raatus8050/
Rastus8048/
Rahatu8041/
Rasteu8034/
Rautou8034/
Rautus8033/
Ratuch8027/
Raithu8024/
Rathuy8023/
Ratuis8020/
Ratoud8019/
Rathus8018/
Rataus8015/
Rautau8012/
Raathu8010/
Rauttu809/
Rahutu807/
Raituz807/
Reatus805/
Hratui805/
Rajtut804/
Raztud804/
Rautuy803/
Ratous802/
Raitou802/
Ratuhy802/
Rathut801/
Rajtup801/
Rahthu801/
Raistu801/
Raatut801/
Reathu801/
Rattau801/
Ratudh801/
Raytus801/
Reatau801/
Rattou801/
Rhatui801/
Rastou801/
Ratout801/
Raitus801/
Raituy801/
Radtuy801/
Rateus800/
Retu755,173/
Rotu75608/
Rathaud736,155/
Rathoud735,249/
Rhatous73208/
Rathaus73136/
Rhaitou73136/
Rathouz7383/
Rastout7334/
Rathaux7326/
Rathous7322/
Rahastu7319/
Ratault7315/
Rathuis7311/
Rathudh739/
Raiteux739/
Rhaytou739/
Ratoush738/
Rajtuch738/
Ratusch737/
Raithui737/
Rahstut735/
Rathaut733/
Rahatou733/
Rathauz732/
Rahateu731/
Rahathu731/
Raathau731/
Rautthu731/
Rateusz731/
Raytush731/
Hrastus731/
Rastaud731/
Ratouha731/
Rattush730/
Routu672,077/
Reetu67894/
Rothu67231/
Rettu67125/
Reitu6799/
Ratão6793/
Rotau6769/
Rethu6767/
Rotou6767/
Ratoo6764/
Hretu6743/
Ratoe6725/
Rottu6711/
Retau6710/
Rootu679/
Raithaus679/
Rötus678/
Rotut678/
Ruitu677/
Roitu676/
Rathaudh676/
Rathoudh676/
Rathhaus675/
Reteu674/
Rotuh674/
Rotus674/
Rotup673/
Retui673/
Ratthaus672/
Rhatouss672/
Roytu671/
Rattauch671/
Roetu671/
Rajtó671/
Rahaitou671/
Rasthaus671/
Rastoush671/
Rathuidh671/
Retuy671/
Rostu671/
Rotui671/
Rotuu671/
Reytu671/

Ratu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ratu in the Oriya language
ରାତୁratu93.91
ରତୁratu3.49
ରଟୁratu0.45
ରାଜୁraju0.45
ରାତୂratu0.23
ରାଟୁratu0.23
ରି୍ତୁritu0.11
ରାଟୂratu0.11
ମାଲୁmalu0.11
ଏତୁଆetu'a0.11
Ratu in the Bengali language
রতুratu72.22
রাতুratu27.78
Ratu in the Hindi language
रतुratu65.48
रतूratu25.49
रातुratu4.47
रातूratu3.39
राटूratu0.28
रटूratu0.28
राटुratu0.14
रितुritu0.09
र्अटूr'atu0.05
रीतूritu0.05
ीरतुiratu0.05
Ratu in the Marathi language
रतुratu60.92
रतूratu21.61
रातुratu9.29
रातूratu3.47
राटुratu2.58
राटूratu1.57
रतुुratuu0.22
रंतुrantu0.11
Ratu in the Tibetan language
ར་ཀྲུགས།ratruk42.47
ར་ཀྲུ།ratru21.92
ར་ཀྲུགས་ratruk10.96
ར་ཀྲུ་ratru5.48
ར་སྤྲུག།ratruk4.11
ར་དཀྲུགས་ratruk2.74
ར་ཀྲུག།ratruk2.74
ར་ཀྲུག་ratruk2.74
ར་དཀྲུ།ratru1.37
རཱ་ཀྲུ་ratru1.37
ར་ཏུ་ratu1.37
ར་ཀྲུང་ratrung1.37
ར་དཀྲུགས།ratruk1.37
Ratu in the Russian language
Ратуratu-

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