Rathofer Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Rathofer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Austria | 31 | 1:274,691 | 31,731 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
The alternate forms: Rathöfer (12) are calculated separately.
Rathofer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rathofer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rathofer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Rathöfer. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rathofer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,185,341st most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. Rathofer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Rathofer reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 2,300,156. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 49 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 46 percent reside and Hesse, where 3 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 41 percent reside and Switzerland, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rathöfer | 96 | 12 | / |
| Raithofer | 94 | 160 | / |
| Rasthofer | 94 | 83 | / |
| Ratthofer | 94 | 1 | / |
| Rastofer | 88 | 41 | / |
| Rothofer | 88 | 40 | / |
| Rathefer | 88 | 1 | / |
| Reithofer | 82 | 1,683 | / |
| Retthofer | 82 | 19 | / |
| Raithoferova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Reithoffer | 78 | 62 | / |
| Reithosfer | 78 | 1 | / |
| Rostofer | 75 | 60 | / |
| Rothöfer | 75 | 8 | / |
| Rastafer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ratofa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ratofi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reistofer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Reistoffer | 67 | 14 | / |
| Rostofe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rastafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Retefer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rothaufe | 63 | 29 | / |
| Rasthafay | 59 | 1 | / |
| Rostopher | 59 | 1 | / |
| Rotafe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ratapha | 53 | 111 | / |
| Rastafi | 53 | 9 | / |
| Rotafea | 53 | 1 | / |
| Rataphai | 50 | 15 | / |
| Rostafez | 50 | 7 | / |
| Rostoufi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Rathofer
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