Rector Surname
Approximately 20,215 people bear this surname
Rector Surname Definition:
(English) The official who had charge of a church or parish.
Rector Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,797 | 1:19,283 | 2,417 |
| Canada | 777 | 1:47,420 | 5,782 |
| Germany | 253 | 1:318,203 | 31,987 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Netherlands | 54 | 1:312,725 | 36,782 |
| Belgium | 50 | 1:229,933 | 29,007 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 23 | 1:1,059,799 | 41,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,856 | 1:13,024 | 1,677 |
Rector (1,410) may also be a first name.
Rector Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) The official who had charge of a church or parish.
See Ecclesiastical Surnames. The Fitz-Rector of H.R. induces a suspicion of broken vows. Rector has, however, other and secular applications.
Rector Demographics
Average Rector Salary in
United States
$42,813 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rector Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rector Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rector has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rector? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 26,597th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 360,502 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Rector live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. Rector is also the 208,047th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,410 people.
It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 18,797 people, or 1 in 19,283. In The United States Rector is primarily found in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, Missouri, where 7 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 51 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
Rector Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Rector has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rector surname increased 487 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 104 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rector Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Rector surname are 19.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.73% registered with the party.
The amount Rector earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 43.8% less than the national average, earning R 133,560 per year; in United States they earn 0.78% less than the national average, earning $42,813 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.82% less than the national average, earning $43,315 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rechtor | 92 | 16 | / |
| Recktor | 92 | 14 | / |
| Recttor | 92 | 8 | / |
| Reuctor | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rectort | 92 | 1 | / |
| Reactor | 92 | 0 | / |
| Reichtor | 86 | 0 | / |
| Rektor | 83 | 457 | / |
| Rictor | 83 | 196 | / |
| Rectar | 83 | 5 | / |
| Rejtor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rectorová | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ricktor | 77 | 36 | / |
| Reaktor | 77 | 26 | / |
| Richtor | 77 | 19 | / |
| Rychtor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Raictor | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rechtar | 77 | 0 | / |
| Reiktor | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rektorová | 67 | 35 | / |
| Riktor | 67 | 28 | / |
| Rejtar | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ryktor | 67 | 10 | / |
| Rektur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rigtor | 67 | 0 | / |
| Regtar | 67 | 0 | / |
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Rector Reference & Research
Rector DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Rector FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Rector
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