Remus Surname
Approximately 6,485 people bear this surname
Remus Surname Definition:
(English) Descendant of Remus (protector).
Remus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,136 | 1:37,690 | 4,977 |
| United States | 1,842 | 1:196,775 | 19,390 |
| Poland | 560 | 1:67,873 | 10,656 |
| Brazil | 454 | 1:471,529 | 17,839 |
| Canada | 316 | 1:116,600 | 12,375 |
| Haiti | 160 | 1:66,774 | 3,709 |
| Mexico | 122 | 1:1,017,428 | 13,258 |
| France | 101 | 1:657,651 | 84,833 |
| Italy | 91 | 1:672,052 | 58,782 |
| Argentina | 87 | 1:491,304 | 36,372 |
| Romania | 80 | 1:250,973 | 23,655 |
| Russia | 66 | 1:2,183,683 | 132,197 |
| Israel | 45 | 1:190,170 | 18,708 |
| Croatia | 42 | 1:100,681 | 16,054 |
| Ukraine | 42 | 1:1,083,874 | 97,988 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Puerto Rico | 26 | 1:136,544 | 1,832 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 116 | 1:432,920 | 31,560 |
The alternate forms: Remuš (6), Rémus (3) & Remuş (1) are calculated separately.
Remus (21,893) may also be a first name.
Remus Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Descendant of Remus (protector).
Remus Demographics
Average Remus Salary in
United States
$43,774 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Remus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Remus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Remus (Marathi: रेमुस, Russian: Ремус) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also appear as: Remuš, Rémus or Remuş. For other potential spellings of Remus click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Remus? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 75,656th most common surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,123,754 people. The last name Remus is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Remus live; 36 percent live in Western Europe and 34 percent live in Germanic Europe. Remus is also the 35,350th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 21,893 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 2,136 people, or 1 in 37,690. In Germany Remus is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent live, Brandenburg, where 12 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 57 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live and Poland, where 9 percent live.
Remus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Remus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Remus surname rose 1,588 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 138 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Remus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (50%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Remus surname are 10.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.8% being registered with the political party.
The amount Remus earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.45% more than the national average, earning $43,774 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.13% less than the national average, earning $48,623 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Remus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Remus in the Marathi language | ||
| रेमुस | remusa | - |
| Remus in the Russian language | ||
| Ремус | remus | - |
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Remus Reference & Research
Remus/Rem/Rehm DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Remus/Rem/Rehm 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 Remus
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