Retam Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Retam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Retam (215) may also be a first name.
Retam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Retam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Retam (Hindi: रेतम, Marathi: रेतम) is found most in India. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Retam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Retam is the 3,055,934th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Retam reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Retam is also the 616,131st most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 215 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 21,916,154. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 97 percent live and Chhattisgarh, where 3 percent live. Excluding India this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 2 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Retam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Retam in the Hindi language | ||
| रेतम | retama | - |
| Retam in the Marathi language | ||
| रेतम | retama | 94.64 |
| रेताम | retama | 5.36 |
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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 Retam
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