Retnasamy Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Retnasamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Retnasamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia851:346,99118,513
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Retnasamy (20) may also be a first name.

Retnasamy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Retnasamy is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Retnasamy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Retnasamy? popularity and diffusion

The surname Retnasamy is the 1,907,068th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Retnasamy are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Retnasamy is also the 2,446,817th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 20 people.

The surname Retnasamy is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 346,991. In Malaysia Retnasamy is most frequent in: Johor, where 21 percent reside, Perak, where 21 percent reside and Selangor, where 18 percent reside. Other than Malaysia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rethnasamy953/
Retnassamy951/
Renasamy942/
Rengasamy894,303/
Ratnasamy89601/
Retnasami892/
Reynasamy891/
Rathnasamy84138/
Rengassamy84101/
Rengasammy8412/
Rattnasamy847/
Ratnasamay842/
Rengasamay841/
Rengasami78138/
Ratnasami7819/
Rengasame781/
Rajnasamy781/
Ringassamy743/
Ringasami673/

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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 Retnasamy
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