Rathcke Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Rathcke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 180 | 1:31,360 | 3,257 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Räthcke (1) are calculated separately.
Rathcke Demographics
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Rathcke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rathcke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rathcke is found in Denmark more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Räthcke. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rathcke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 935,326th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Rathcke reside; 68 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name Rathcke is most frequently held in Denmark, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 31,360. In Denmark it is most common in: Central Denmark Region, where 57 percent reside, Region of Southern Denmark, where 21 percent reside and North Denmark Region, where 17 percent reside. Besides Denmark Rathcke occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.
Rathcke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rathcke has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 920 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Rathcke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rathcke surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
Rathcke earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.81% less than the national average, earning $28,129 USD per year.
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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
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