Retkus Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Norway

Retkus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Retkus Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Retkus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Retkus (Russian: Реткус) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Retkus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Retkus is the 5,391,485th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Retkus are found; 92 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 62 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most common in Russia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 18,015,382. In Russia Retkus is primarily found in: Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 63 percent live, Bashkortostan Republic, where 13 percent live and Kirov Oblast, where 13 percent live. Barring Russia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 31 percent live and Norway, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ratkus83238/
Rotkus8362/
Redkus8341/
Redkous77252/
Ratkuss771/
Redkoush711/
Ritkos6728/
Redkusova677/
Redkousova6323/
Rydkous6251/
Ridkous6213/
Ridkos500/
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Retkus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Retkus in the Russian language
Реткусretkus-

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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 Retkus
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