Rechtmann Surname

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

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rechtmann Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'ridge', 'mountain range' in Hebrew. They used to assign this surname to the Ashkenazi Jews living in the mountains.

Rechtmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Rechtmann Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'ridge', 'mountain range' in Hebrew. They used to assign this surname to the Ashkenazi Jews living in the mountains.

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Rechtmann Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rechtmann is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rechtmann? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Rechtmann live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Rechtmann is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,981,684. In Germany Rechtmann is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 44 percent are found, Bavaria, where 26 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.

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