Retu Surname
Approximately 5,173 people bear this surname
Retu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 4,686 | 1:34,007 | 2,115 |
| Indonesia | 233 | 1:567,593 | 45,468 |
| India | 170 | 1:4,512,149 | 117,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Retu (6,030) may also be a first name.
Retu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Retu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Retu (Hindi: रेतू, Marathi: रेतु, Oriya: େରଟୁ, Tibetan: རི་ཏུ་) is borne by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Retu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Retu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 92,378th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,408,766 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Retu reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 91 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Retu is also the 85,393rd most widely held first name globally It is held by 6,030 people.
The surname Retu is most frequently occurring in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 4,686 people, or 1 in 34,007. Besides Bangladesh this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 5 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Retu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Retu in the Tibetan language | ||
| རི་ཏུ་ | ritu | - |
| Retu in the Marathi language | ||
| रेतु | retu | 75 |
| रेतू | retu | 12.5 |
| रेटु | retu | 7.5 |
| रेटू | retu | 5 |
| Retu in the Oriya language | ||
| େରଟୁ | eratu | 50 |
| େରତୁ | eratu | 21.43 |
| ରିତୁ | ritu | 14.29 |
| ରୀତୁ | ritu | 7.14 |
| ରିଟୁ | ritu | 7.14 |
| Retu in the Hindi language | ||
| रेतू | retu | 35.92 |
| रेतु | retu | 21.83 |
| रीतू | ritu | 19.01 |
| रितु | ritu | 5.63 |
| रीतु | ritu | 5.63 |
| ऋतु | rtu | 4.93 |
| रितू | ritu | 4.23 |
| रेटु | retu | 0.7 |
| रिटू | ritu | 0.7 |
| नीतू | nitu | 0.7 |
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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 Retu
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