Rethorn Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rethorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rethorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1061:759,48556,711
United States811:4,474,802235,715
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Rethorn Last Name Facts

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

Rethorn is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rethorn? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,222,957th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The last name Rethorn occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Rethorn are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Rethorn is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 759,485. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 75 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 15 percent are found and Hesse, where 6 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 42 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent are found.

Rethorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rethorn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rethorn surname increased 405 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rethorn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rethorn last name are 35.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the political party.

Rethorn earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.84% more than the national average, earning $44,375 USD 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
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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 Rethorn
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