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 surname Retkus (Russian: Реткус) is found most frequently in Russia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Retkus.

How Common Is The Last Name Retkus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Retkus live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 62 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

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