Riteau Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Riteau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riteau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1961:338,89151,103
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Riteau Last Name Facts

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

Riteau is found most in France. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Riteau.

How Common Is The Last Name Riteau? popularity and diffusion

Riteau is the 1,163,787th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. The surname Riteau is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Riteau are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 338,891. In France Riteau is primarily found in: Pays de la Loire, where 65 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 9 percent are found and Occitanie, where 7 percent are found. Other than France it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ritea91197/
Rithea832/
Risteiu77952/
Ritthea771/
Riteout770/
Retea73295/
Ritiu73186/
Ritja7375/
Rîtea7356/
Ritia7349/
Ritju7310/
Ritya732/
Rityu731/
Ritiye67525/
Ristia67235/
Riztia67110/
Reștea6744/
Raitia6723/
Rethea6716/
Hritiu6710/
Roitya6710/
Rietja678/
Rithya675/
Ritias675/
Rityou674/
Ristahayu673/
Ritius672/
Raitya672/
Ritija671/
Rittia671/
Riteoy671/
Rietyu671/
Ruitia671/

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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 Riteau
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