Rether Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Rether Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 164 | 1:490,887 | 42,238 |
| India | 142 | 1:5,401,869 | 131,616 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Réther (12) are calculated separately.
Rether (135) may also be a first name.
Rether Demographics
Average Rether Salary in
United States
$26,744 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rether Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rether Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rether is found most frequently in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms: Réther. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rether? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 744,013th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Rether live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 797,647th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 135 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 490,887. In Germany Rether is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 23 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Rether is found in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 37 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Rether Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rether has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rether surname expanded 282 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Rether Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Rether earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 38.02% less than the national average, earning $26,744 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.72% less than the national average, earning $46,843 CAD per year.
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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
- 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 Rether
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