Retroff Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Retroff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Retroff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Retroff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Retroff (Russian: Ретрофф) is held by more people in Belarus than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Retroff.

How Common Is The Last Name Retroff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Retroff occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Retroff reside; 67 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 67 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Belarus, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 9,501,059. In Belarus Retroff is most prevalent in: Gomel Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Belarus Retroff is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Retroff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Retroff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Retroff last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Restroff930/
Reistroff881/
Rotroff86173/
Rathroff800/
Retrov7739/
Reiterhof753/
Retrova7133/
Rotraff711/
Reitrov711/
Rerow673/
Reyterov671/
Rerov671/
Reitherow630/
Rerrow622/
Rerova621/
Rerowa621/
Ryroft621/
Rehrow620/
Roitrov5711/
Ristrow572/
Reirowa571/
Rathrow571/
Ristroph5361/
Rayterov537/
Rajtrova532/
Hristrov531/
Rerav502/
Rirow502/
Rerab501/
Ristrophe501/
Rothreuff501/

Retroff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Retroff in the Russian language
Ретроффretroff-

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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 Retroff
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