Ratzel Surname
Approximately 1,577 people bear this surname
Ratzel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,051 | 1:76,599 | 9,688 |
| United States | 405 | 1:894,960 | 67,538 |
| France | 87 | 1:763,480 | 93,619 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 74 | 1:678,631 | 44,191 |
The alternate forms: Rätzel (296) are calculated separately.
Ratzel (50) may also be a first name.
Ratzel Demographics
Average Ratzel Salary in
United States
$43,023 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ratzel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ratzel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ratzel is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Rätzel. Click here for other potential spellings of Ratzel.
How Common Is The Last Name Ratzel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 251,268th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,621,145 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Ratzel are found; 73 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,412,538th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 50 people.
This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,051 people, or 1 in 76,599. In Germany Ratzel is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 75 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 5 percent are found and Bavaria, where 4 percent are found. Besides Germany Ratzel exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.
Ratzel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ratzel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ratzel last name increased 547 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ratzel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ratzel last name are 16.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.37% being registered to vote for the party.
Ratzel earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.29% less than the national average, earning $43,023 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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