Retova Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Retova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Retová (33) are calculated separately.
Retova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Retova Come From? nationality or country of origin
Retova (Russian: Ретова) is found most frequently in Russia. It may be rendered as a variant: Retová. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Retova? popularity and diffusion
The surname Retova is the 4,034,050th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Retova reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 83 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
The last name Retova is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 7,206,153. In Russia Retova is primarily found in: Moscow, where 55 percent reside, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 15 percent reside and Ulyanovsk Oblast, where 10 percent reside. Barring Russia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 4 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Retova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Retova in the Russian language | ||
| Ретова | retova | - |
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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 Retova
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