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Last name Arete (Arete , Арета , Αρετή ) , around the globe, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Arete is characteristic of Papua New Guinea, where it is quite a rare surname, Bulgaria, where it is a rare surname, and France. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Papua New Guinea, France, and Philippines. More frequently, Arete is the forename as well as the last name.