Retiveau Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Retiveau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Rétiveau (1) are calculated separately.
Retiveau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Retiveau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Retiveau is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Rétiveau. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Retiveau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Retiveau is the 2,555,468th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name Retiveau is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Retiveau are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most frequent in France, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 1,253,259. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Pays de la Loire, where 70 percent live, Île-de-France, where 13 percent live and Normandy, where 6 percent live. Apart from France this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 4 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rétiveau | 96 | 1 | / |
| Rativeau | 88 | 154 | / |
| Reativa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Retivat | 80 | 3 | / |
| Retieva | 80 | 2 | / |
| Restiva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rettieva | 75 | 45 | / |
| Rativa | 71 | 3,868 | / |
| Ritiva | 71 | 94 | / |
| Reteva | 71 | 8 | / |
| Retuva | 71 | 5 | / |
| Retewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Retivo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Restivo | 67 | 8,749 | / |
| Ratieva | 67 | 194 | / |
| Retaiba | 67 | 144 | / |
| Retueva | 67 | 50 | / |
| Rezteba | 67 | 21 | / |
| Raitiva | 67 | 8 | / |
| Retevad | 67 | 4 | / |
| Retivoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Retewaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Retiová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rataiva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ritieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Resteva | 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
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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 Retiveau
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