Lotters Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lotters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lotters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1351:401,31635,360
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Lötters (145) are calculated separately.

Lotters Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lotters is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be found as: Lötters. For other potential spellings of Lotters click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lotters? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lotters is the 1,333,288th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name Lotters occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Lotters reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 401,316. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 91 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Lotters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lotters has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lotters last name increased 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lotters Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Lotters earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 5.91% less than the national average, earning R 223,584 per year and in United States they earn 72.08% more than the national average, earning $74,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lötters95145/
Loetters935/
Loters923/
Lutters86625/
Letters86240/
Louters86188/
Loeters86167/
Lütters86149/
Lothers8640/
Latters8611/
Losters864/
Loyters861/
Looters860/
Löttgers8010/
Letterås804/
Latthers801/
Lettiers801/
Letterrs801/
Louthers800/
Lüters77202/
Luters77201/
Leters7750/
Laters7710/
Luiters711,118/
Lathers71683/
Lauters71293/
Luthers71169/
Leuters71152/
Leeters71122/
Lasters71117/
Letiers7169/
Latiers7154/
Lethers7143/
Lutgers7126/
Lutersz7114/
Luyters718/
Lusters714/
Lahters711/
Lutiers711/
Lettars711/
Lothars710/
Luijters6799/
Lauthers6778/
Lethiers6729/
Luchters677/
Laethers671/
Lutherst670/
Liathers670/
Leuthers670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lotters
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