Rechtern Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rechtern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rechtern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
England111:5,065,278148,650
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Rechtern Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rechtern occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rechtern? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Rechtern is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rechtern reside; 61 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 4,237,129. In Germany Rechtern is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 68 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 21 percent are found and Hesse, where 5 percent are found. Barring Germany Rechtern occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 35 percent are found and Portugal, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Rechtern
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis