Retau Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Retau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Retau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Retau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Retau is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Retau.
How Common Is The Last Name Retau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Retau reside; 70 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 70 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
It is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 4,213,461. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 20 percent reside and South Africa, where 10 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Retau
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