Retem Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Retem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Retem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria1711:225,91625,485
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Retem (20) may also be a first name.

Retem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Retem is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Retem? popularity and diffusion

The surname Retem is the 1,222,957th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. The last name Retem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Retem live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 90 percent live in Mahgreb. Retem is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 20 people.

This surname is most frequent in Algeria, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 225,916. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Tissemsilt Province, where 70 percent live and Guelma Province, where 30 percent live. Apart from Algeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rettem918/
Restem915/
Reteme912/
Redteam830/
Rotem802,384/
Re'em80353/
Resem80102/
Ratem8088/
Reten8074/
Retim8030/
Ritem8027/
Retne808/
Rittem731,716/
Reiten731,226/
Ressem73226/
Reuten73168/
Rottem73139/
Reteng73128/
Resten73122/
Raitem7367/
Reisem7340/
Rothem7338/
Rystem7325/
Ristem7324/
Rethen7318/
Rathem7313/
Ridtem7313/
Rettne7313/
Retten7312/
Ratiem7311/
Retien737/
Rotiem737/
Reaten735/
Retime734/
Rattem734/
Restim732/
Rateem732/
Reyten732/
Riteim731/
Reesem731/
Rieten731/
Hreten731/
Retent731/
Rechem731/
Roteam731/
Reasem730/
Rene6763,313/
Ream678,351/
Reim676,561/
Reym67447/
Rechten67175/
Reehten6771/
Reisten6767/
Hristem6759/
Rettien6758/
Rejsten6712/
Åresten6712/
Retn6710/
Retteen678/
Retteng676/
Reythen675/
Rithtem674/
Reesemd672/
Reethen672/
Reichem671/
Reijten671/
Reissem671/
Retienė671/
Reitten671/
Ritthem671/
Reuthen671/
Riethen670/
Restenk670/
Rheiten670/
Reshten670/
Reutten670/
Reesten670/

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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 Retem
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