Retema Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Retema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Retema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Retema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Retema occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Retema.
How Common Is The Last Name Retema? popularity and diffusion
Retema is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Retema is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Retema live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Retema is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Retema is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Brazil, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rietema | 92 | 342 | / |
| Reitema | 92 | 33 | / |
| Retemah | 92 | 4 | / |
| Retemaih | 86 | 1 | / |
| Retama | 83 | 2,136 | / |
| Ratema | 83 | 962 | / |
| Retima | 83 | 879 | / |
| Retoma | 83 | 326 | / |
| Reteme | 83 | 2 | / |
| Restemi | 77 | 31 | / |
| Rotemma | 77 | 23 | / |
| Rijtema | 77 | 20 | / |
| Rettama | 77 | 18 | / |
| Restima | 77 | 16 | / |
| Rataema | 77 | 14 | / |
| Reitama | 77 | 11 | / |
| Retamma | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ratemah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ritesma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ristema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Retemio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Retisma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ritaema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Raetama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Retaima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rratema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Restemo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rateema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Retamay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Retemer | 77 | 0 | / |
| Restemis | 71 | 140 | / |
| Rystemaj | 71 | 35 | / |
| Reitamaa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Rittaema | 71 | 3 | / |
| Roetamma | 71 | 3 | / |
| Reetamma | 71 | 2 | / |
| Raatemaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reethama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ratemo | 67 | 7,850 | / |
| Rotama | 67 | 412 | / |
| Ratima | 67 | 412 | / |
| Retimi | 67 | 377 | / |
| Ratama | 67 | 308 | / |
| Ritama | 67 | 44 | / |
| Rytima | 67 | 24 | / |
| Retomo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ratoma | 67 | 11 | / |
| Rotima | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ritoma | 67 | 8 | / |
| Reethamma | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ritima | 67 | 5 | / |
| Retime | 67 | 4 | / |
| Retamo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Retaahama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ritemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rittemath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rotoma | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Retema
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