Rindtorff Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Rindtorff Surname User-submission:
The Rindtorff surname derives from a dialectal version with umlaut of runddorf, composed of rund, meaning 'round', and dorf, meaning 'village', 'settlement'. Current High German standard word Dorf was often written with dialectal variants like torf, torff before written High German got standardized in the 19th century.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Rindtorff Surname Meaning
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The Rindtorff surname derives from a dialectal version with umlaut of runddorf, composed of rund, meaning 'round', and dorf, meaning 'village', 'settlement'. Current High German standard word Dorf was often written with dialectal variants like torf, torff before written High German got standardized in the 19th century. But family names derived from names of places remained unchanged.
Round villages, now called Rundlinge, were a typical form of West Slavic settlements in what today is eastern Germany.
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Where Does The Last Name Rindtorff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rindtorff has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rindtorff? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rindtorff live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 7,318,678. In Germany Rindtorff is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 73 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rindorff | 94 | 21 | / |
| Rendtorff | 89 | 217 | / |
| Randtorff | 89 | 1 | / |
| Reindorff | 89 | 1 | / |
| Rindorf | 88 | 87 | / |
| Rintorf | 88 | 11 | / |
| Rheindorff | 84 | 2 | / |
| Rhiendorff | 84 | 0 | / |
| Reindorf | 82 | 2,301 | / |
| Rundorff | 82 | 54 | / |
| Raindorf | 82 | 12 | / |
| Randorff | 82 | 9 | / |
| Rondorff | 82 | 5 | / |
| Rendtorf | 82 | 2 | / |
| Riendorf | 82 | 1 | / |
| Røndorff | 82 | 1 | / |
| Rheindorf | 78 | 643 | / |
| Renndorff | 78 | 26 | / |
| Rondorf | 75 | 340 | / |
| Randorf | 75 | 140 | / |
| Ørndorf | 75 | 11 | / |
| Rendorf | 75 | 7 | / |
| Rundorf | 75 | 0 | / |
| Renndorf | 71 | 16 | / |
| Raundorf | 71 | 10 | / |
| Rundroff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rienderhoff | 70 | 46 | / |
| Reinderhoff | 70 | 18 | / |
| Randaouroff | 70 | 1 | / |
| Rheindarf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhyndreff | 67 | 1 | / |
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