Rectem Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Rectem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rectem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1811:63,51710,203
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rectem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rectem is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rectem? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,263,456th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Rectem reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Rectem is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 63,517. In Belgium Rectem is most frequent in: Walloon Region, where 55 percent live, Flemish Region, where 36 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Recten832/
Rectim831/
Rectn731/
Rectin67895/
Ricten672/
Rictim671/
Regtien62209/
Rection6233/
Rakteem621/
Recktin620/
Rectind620/
Reaction5723/
Raktim501,363/
Roktim501,172/
Rictin505/

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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 Rectem
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