Rector Surname

26,597th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Rector Surname Definition:

(English) The official who had charge of a church or parish.

Rector Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,7971:19,2832,417
Canada7771:47,4205,782
Germany2531:318,20331,987
Nigeria581:3,054,18594,504
Netherlands541:312,72536,782
Belgium501:229,93329,007
Australia461:586,86342,409
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
England241:2,321,58686,519
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
China51:273,464,31313,838
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Fiji11:894,3914,568
France11:66,422,722504,397
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,8561:13,0241,677

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

See Ecclesiastical Surnames. The Fitz-Rector of H.R. induces a suspicion of broken vows. Rector has, however, other and secular applications.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Rector Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rector is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rector? popularity and diffusion

Rector is the 26,597th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 360,502 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Rector reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 208,047th most common first name on earth It is held by 1,410 people.

Rector is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 18,797 people, or 1 in 19,283. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 11 percent live, Missouri, where 7 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 51 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Rector Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rector has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rector surname grew 487 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 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 Republicans than the national average, with 66.73% registered to vote for the political 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rechtor9216/
Recktor9214/
Recttor928/
Reuctor921/
Rectort921/
Reactor920/
Reichtor860/
Rektor83457/
Rictor83196/
Rectar835/
Rejtor831/
Rectorová801/
Ricktor7736/
Reaktor7726/
Richtor7719/
Rychtor771/
Raictor770/
Rechtar770/
Reiktor770/
Rektorová6735/
Riktor6728/
Rejtar6725/
Ryktor6710/
Rektur671/
Rigtor670/
Regtar670/

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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

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rector
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