Retou Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Retou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Retou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Retou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Retou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Retou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Retou is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Retou is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Retou live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 17 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
Retou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Retou is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent live and West Region, where 50 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 33 percent live and Bangladesh, where 17 percent live.
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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 Retou
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