Rackwitz Surname

290,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,321 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rackwitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rackwitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1921:67,5388,628
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Chile291:607,46514,668
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Austria131:655,03358,041
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Norway71:734,61250,907
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Rackwitz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rackwitz is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rackwitz.

How Common Is The Last Name Rackwitz? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rackwitz is the 290,011th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,516,689 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Rackwitz reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Rackwitz is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 1,192 people, or 1 in 67,538. In Germany Rackwitz is primarily concentrated in: Brandenburg, where 23 percent live, Saxony, where 19 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 14 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Chile, where 2 percent live.

Rackwitz Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Rackwitz earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 15.9% less than the national average, earning 291,044 kr per year and in United States they earn 7.92% more than the national average, earning $46,567 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rackwitsz9437/
Rockwitz8852/
Reckwitz8818/
Rackwicz881/
Roeckwitz820/
Ragwitz8043/
Rakwetz8018/
Rocwitz803/
Rangwitz759/
Rockwicz751/
Rakwic717/
Raykewicz711/
Rakcwitsch671/
Raquiz57154/
Racquez5372/
Rakwech535/
Raquiez531/

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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 Rackwitz
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